Recipe for Murder Discovery ID describes this episode as: when the body of 18-year-old Breanna Schneller is discovered in her apartment, the residents of tranquil Wausau, Wisconsin are stunned. Police hope a cell phone and surveillance videos can help them unravel the mystery surrounding Breanna's death. Raul Ponce-Rocha was identified as the killer when his DNA was found on the iron bar he beat Breanna with and a pair of gloves at the crime scene.
Police searched the apartment for [the victim]’s phone, but were unable to locate it. Fortunately, the phone was still on. Using GPS technology, they were able to get a general location at approximately 9:30 p.m. The phone was near, but not in, the El Tequila Salsa restaurant. By 11:15 p.m., police were able to pinpoint the location to either a white SUV located in the restaurant parking lot or the cardboard dumpster. Police decided to open the cardboard dumpster and dial [the victim]’s number. The phone lit up in the dumpster when it started “ringing.” The police could see the phone was inside a white plastic bag. The plastic bag was a take-out bag from the El Tequila Salsa restaurant. The top had been twisted shut. The bag was opened from the bottom and inside the police found [the victim]’s cell phone, two pairs of her underwear, a black glove, and a black strip[]ed glove. Sebastian later identified the underwear and the phone as [the victim]’s. He identified the black glove as coming from his apartment. He did not recognize the strip[]ed glove. The gloves were both wet but did not appear to have any blood.
Raul Ponce-Rocha was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. You can write to him at:
Waupun Correctional Institution
Unit 614
P.O. Box 351
Waupun, WI 53963-0351
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