What He Did Next

Then, when he realized what he had done, Michael said that ‘he panicked.’ He continued, “I put her in a laundry basket and put a blanket over it.” He then explained that he put her dead body inside his Infiniti SUV and drove her to the outskirts of Scranton, Pennsylvania to dispose of her body. It was an 85-mile drive from his apartment.

They Can’t Contain Their Sorrow

Laura’s family, especially her mother, Elizabeth Esquivel, and her brothers Nicolas and Ivan, were completely distraught over the news of her death. Despite finally knowing what had happened to Laura, it didn’t help ease the pain over her loss. They wanted justice for her death and they wanted Michael to pay for what he did.