Name: New twists found in relationship between slain Raleigh woman, accused killer
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Description: A woman found dead in a Raleigh apartment last weekend and her accused killer were husband and wife, according to Wake County records. A friend of the woman says it was a sham marriage because the husband was in the U.S. illegally.

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A woman found dead in a Raleigh apartment last weekend and her accused killer were husband and wife, according to Wake County records. A friend of the woman says it was a sham marriage because the husband was in the U.S. illegally.

ON THE DOPPLER 5000 AND BRING YOU ANY UPDATES AS WARRANTED. YOU CAN TRACK SEVERE WEATHER ANY TIME WITH OUR SEVERE WEATHER APP. >>> WRAL WAS THE FIRST TO BREAK NEWS THAT A 20-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN HER APARTMENT HAD MARRIED THE MAN NOW ACCUSED OF KILLING HER JUST DAYS EARLIER. LESLIE MARINO HAS LOOKING DEEPER INTO THEIR CONNECTION, INCLUDING TALKING WITH FRIENDS ABOUT THIS NEWLY UNCOVERED TWIST AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP PICTURE JOINS US LIVE NOW IN RALEIGH. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING? >> Reporter: I CAN TELL YOU, THIS WAS A SHOCK TO CHRISTINA MARIA MATOS'S FAMILY. I SPOKE TO HER FATHER TODAY, HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD NO IDEA THEY WERE MARRIED. I ALSO SPOKE TO ONE OF HER CLOSE FRIENDS, SHE SAID HE WAS PART OF A BIGGER PLAN. SHE WAS FOUND DEAD BY POLICE AFTER FAMILY AND FRIENDS COULD NOT REACH HER. ON WEDNESDAY, 20-YEAR-OLD ERICK HERNANDEZ-MENDEZ  WAS ARRESTED. HE IS  ACCUSED OF KILLING CHRISTINA MATOS IN THE APARTMENT THEY SHARED. TONIGHT, WRAL NEWS HAS LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP, INCLUDING THE TWO WERE MARRIED . CLOSE FRIENDS TELLS ME CHRISTINA MATOS  TOLD HER THE MARRIAGE WAS PLANNED. >> HE WAS GOING TO GIVE HER 15,000 IN EXCHANGE FOR HER SIGNING THE PAPERS. SHE SAID OKAY, WE WILL DIVORCE AFTER THREE YEARS. >> Reporter: HE HAD BEEN FRIENDS SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR. THEY BOTH SHARED AN APARTMENT WITH A THIRD CLASSMATE. CHRISTINA MATOS SAID SHE FEARED FOR HER LIFE JUST DAYS BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED. >> SHE SAID I DON'T FEEL SAFE. >> Reporter: SHE SAID CHRISTINA MATOS FOUND A DIARY  THAT ERICK HERNANDEZ-MENDEZ  KEPT WHERE HE WROTE ABOUT CHRISTINA MATOS. WHATEVER WAS INSIDE  SCARED CHRISTINA MATOS BUT NO ONE THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT. >> CHRISTINA FOUND A DIARY OF INFATUATIONS AND IT MADE HER REALLY NERVOUS BUT SHE KEPT IT TO HERSELF. >> Reporter: CHRISTINA MATOS'S FATHER BELIEVES HER MURDER WAS PLANNED. LOOKING BACK, ALL THE SIGNS WERE THERE. >> IN HINDSIGHT, IT'S LIKE HOW DID I NOT SEE IT? DON'T THINK WHERE YOU SAY YOU LAY YOUR HEAD IS YOUR SAFE SOUND, YOU KNOW? >> Reporter: SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS PLANNING ON USING THAT MONEY TO HELP HER FAMILY. I DID REACH OUT TO ERICK HERNANDEZ-MENDEZ 'S ATTORNEY BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK . HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND. CHRISTINA MATOS'S  FUNERAL IS ON MONDAY.

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