Megan Hargan allegedly transferred money from her mother's bank account the day her mother and sister were slain, authorities say
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3/10/22
On Wednesday, Helen's boyfriend, Carlos Gutierrez, testified publicly for the first time. He told the court he spoke on the phone with Helen, who was hysterical as she told him about the terror-filled scenario unfolding at home in McLean.
At the time he spoke to Helen, Gutierrez was in Dallas.
"She told me her sister had killed her mother," Gutierrez told the court, NBC4 Washington reports.
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He told the prosecutor Helen said she never saw her mother's dead body, but said "the door was cracked and she could hear her mom gasping," NBC4 Washington reports.
Gutierrez testified that Helen allegedly told him that Megan shot and killed their mother because she was afraid that her mother was going to take her 8-year-old daughter away from her, NBC4 Washington reports.
Reiterating what he told authorities in 2017, according police reports obtained by PEOPLE , Gutierrez testified that Helen said Megan was "on the computer transferring money," NBC4 Washington reports.
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"She was saying she didn't know what to do," he testified. She said the little girl "was in the house as well and she didn't know how to get her out."
At some point, Gutierrez lost contact with Helen and began calling her, to no avail.
Eventually, Megan answered the phone and told him that Helen and her mother were arguing over a speeding ticket, but refused to let him talk to Helen, he testified, NBC4 Washington reports.
Terrified for his girlfriend, Gutierriez called 911.
"I think this is life or death," he said during the call. "I think someone might be dead."
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