According to a criminal complaint, Robert Chilcote faces one count of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Gabriella Cartagena. He’s currently being held at the Wright County Jail in Minnesota and does not have a scheduled court date yet in Wisconsin.
Cartagena went missing on Feb. 4 and was last seen leaving home for an errand with Chilcote.
After they didn’t return an hour later, Cartagena’s mother called her and said she could hear her daughter say, “I’m sorry. Don’t shoot me. I’m sorry. I didn’t do nothing.” Cartagena’s phone showed she was at Red Arrow Park in Marinette during that call, the criminal complaint states.
A while later, Cartagena’s mother said she got a text from her daughter saying she was at work. Chilcote then came to her home, telling her Cartagena had told him to get his things out and bring her clothes to work. Cartagena’s mother said she never heard from her daughter after that moment and she was reported missing on Feb. 5.
Investigators said they spoke with a supervisor at Walmart, where both Chilcote and Cartagena worked. The criminal complaint said the supervisor told them Chilcote clocked in at around 10 p.m. and worked until midnight; he then bought some items and told his supervisor that he quit.
By tracking Chilcote’s phone, investigators saw that he had left the state and traveled to Michigan. Afterwards, he briefly came back to Wisconsin and then to Minnesota.
Investigators said that when they attempted to stop Chilcote in his car on Feb. 5, he fled, leading to a car chase that ended when Chilcote crashed into a snowbank. He was then taken into custody.
In the search of his car, police found a gun, a box of ammunition, a ballistic face mask and suppressors.
Gabriella Cartagena went missing on Feb. 4 and was last seen leaving home for an errand with her boyfriend, Robert Chilcote.
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