"The victim in this case, Brittany Killgore, was an innocent victim who had no connection to these individuals other than she, at one earlier point in time, accompanied her friend to this home, the home of Ms. Maraglino, to purchase an item that was for sale online,'' Deputy District Attorney Patrick Espinoza said outside court.
Shortly after she was picked up, the victim texted the word "Help'' to a friend, Espinoza told reporters.
Perez then texted Maraglino, telling her to come to the Fallbrook residence, according to the prosecutor.
"That is the location that the investigation revealed information that the killing took place,'' Espinoza said. Without being specific, the prosecutor said Killgore was a victim of "homicidal violence.''
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/may/15/third-person-charged-murder-marine-wife-pleads-not/
Here's another article with a picture from a different newsource of the pregnant "Dee"
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/15/plea-entered-in-young-marine-wifes-killing/
Here's my theory which I posted as a comment on one of these articles:
My money is on some sort of "victims of a Sadistic extremist's control" defense from the two women. They only did what they were told to do by their "Master", it's not their fault *eyeroll*. I also bet good money that Mr. Perez is the mastermind. He was tired of getting his rocks off with willing participants during his 10+ years in the BDSM lifestyle. He was finally ready to go the extreme and experience kidnapping, which he listed as one of his interests on a BDSM profile. Plan was devised, she's violated and murdered, and his ultimate high would come from getting a slave to take the fall for him. Enter Lopez's suicide note.... Bam, I solved the case. Thankfully he was too dumb to get away with it. Had he did, I'm sure this wouldn't be the last time we'd hear his name in the news. My heart goes out to the friends and family of Brittany. Maybe now all those judgmental and heartless comments bashing her, making her out to be this cheating "wife", will stop. I couldn't imagine having to see such comments floating around everywhere knowing that it's so far from the truth but you have no choice but to keep your mouth shut for the sake of the investigation. So sad, and now a baby is going to enter into this... I don't think it could get much worse.