Alma Del Real's suspected killer was with her and other friends the morning she disappeared | Local - WSBT.com
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He was one of the first people police talked to about Alma Del Real's disappearance and according to investigators, might have been the last to see her alive. Alberto Cruz - known by friends and family as Berto - is now accused in Del Real's murder.
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But people who knew Del Real still can't believe the twist in this case that developed nearly six weeks after the 22-year-old's disappearance.
"It's kind of struck me hard that somebody that we associate with, dance with, drink with could do something like this," said Eli Cantu.
Cantu told WSBT 22 he was at Studio Rumba - a South Bend night club with Del Real and others in the early morning hours of April 12.
"I didn't know [Alberto Cruz] too well, just through Facebook," Cantu said. "But he apparently was a very close friend of hers."
Witnesses have reportedly told police they saw Cruz leaving Studio Rumba with Del Real around 3 a.m. that Sunday in his red pick up truck. But when police first talked to Cruz, he told them he dropped Del Real off at her house around 3:30.
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"Just unreal to believe that you live next to a guy like that," said Joshua Whitt, who lives next door to the home Cruz shares with his parents.
Whitt and his brother, who lives with him, said they were shocked to learn about Cruz's arrest.
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And while hundreds of people searched for Del Real, "I was sleeping next door to him," Justin said.
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Cruz had not been formally charged in the case by 6 p.m. Thursday but the Prosecutor has 24 hours from the time of a suspect's arrest to either file charges or request more time from a judge.
One big piece of the puzzle investigators are not talking about is motive. No information has been released about why Cruz would kill Del Real. There's also no indication of how long her body was in the Marshall County field and if she was killed there or somewhere else.
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