Prairie-Rocca was wearing a ski mask and dark clothing when he entered a workshop near the back of the victim’s house and forced her inside her home at gunpoint. He then restrained and blindfolded the senior victim before shoving her into the backseat of her car and driving off, cops said.
Marte, who was busted on a drug conviction in 2009 that landed him a seven-year prison sentence, now projects his booming business will bring in $12 million this year, boasting an $800,000 monthly profit, the outlet reported.
Mexican authorities suspect the underground pathway was a “narco tunnel” intended for smuggling drugs or people beneath the border wall and into the United States.
Thomann, who was six months pregnant, was pronounced dead just before the New Year after suffering multiple fractures to her chest and skull that rendered her brain dead.