Inset: Pablo Aguileramora (San Jose Police Department). Background: The area in San Jose, Calif., where Pablo Aguileramora allegedly stabbed his estranged wife to death (KGO/YouTube).
Prosecutors say a San Jose man’s fixation on his estranged wife escalated over months before ending in a fatal stabbing.
Pablo Aguileramora, 46, is accused of killing his 45-year-old wife on June 11, about two months after the couple separated following a 10-year marriage, according to court records obtained by Law&Crime.
Authorities say the warning signs had already been documented. Aguileramora had been charged in Santa Clara County in March in connection with allegations that he stalked his wife. Despite those pending charges, he was later released before the homicide, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
In announcing the murder charge, prosecutors detailed a pattern of alleged harassment leading up to the woman’s death. The district attorney’s office said Aguileramora was arrested March 18 after he allegedly showed up at her workplace, slashed her car tires, hid three electronic trackers in her vehicle, and sent her more than 100 text messages and voicemails.
Prosecutors also said he attempted to get hired at the company where she worked. An Emergency Protection Order was issued and served, but authorities say the protections were short-lived.
“Less than three months later, the victim was dead,” the district attorney’s office said in a press release.
“The suspect had shown up to the victim’s workplace and asked her boss if he can get employment there and had shown up to the victim’s church,” the documents allege.
The conditions of Aguileramora’s release included a GPS ankle monitoring device, a no-contact order with the victim and an order that he stay at least 300 yards away from her residence and place of work.
Police say Aguileramora attacked his wife with a knife in an apartment where she was staying in San Jose. She suffered multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
“Before being transported by emergency medical services, [the victim] advised patrol that her husband, Pablo, had stabbed her,” court documents say.
Aguileramora allegedly tried to stab himself after attacking his wife. He is charged with murder and is scheduled to appear in court for a plea hearing at the end of August.
