Recipe for Murder Raul Ponce-Rocha

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:

Raul Ponce-Rocha 570430   
Waupun Correctional Institution
Unit 614
P.O. Box 351
Waupun, WI 53963-0351