Sentenced: Pueblo Police Probing Homicide, Seeking 2 Children After Finding Child's Body In Storage Unit

[Sugar Cookie]

The remains of a child's body were found encased in concrete in a Pueblo storage unit on Jan. 10, and the Pueblo Police Department is investigating the death as a homicide.

In a Wednesday evening news release, police said they were called on the morning of Jan. 10 after someone reported finding a metal container in a storage unit that was filled with hardened concrete.


Through their investigation, police searched the metal container and located a child's remains.

The victim has not yet been publicly identified by the county coroner, who will release their identity after notifying their next of kin.

Police are attempting to locate two children, Jesus Dominguez and Yesenia Dominguez, to confirm their location and safety in connection with the case.

"The investigation indicates Jesus and Yesenia have not been seen since approximately the summer of 2018," police said in the release. "Yesenia Dominguez was approximately 3 years old when she was last seen, and she would currently be 9 years old. Jesus Dominguez was approximately 5 years old when he was last seen, and he would currently be approximately 10 years old."

No arrests have been made, but police have interviewed two people of interest, according to the release. The department's homicide investigation is ongoing.

Pueblo police probing homicide, seeking 2 children after finding child's body in storage unit

Pueblo police are investigating a homicide and seeking to locate two children to confirm their safety after finding a child's remains in a storage unit.

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[Future_Milf]

Scum of the earth.

 

[cubby]

Better start searching all the storage places, I'm pretty sure that's where the other two are. Poor babies.

 

[BuffettGirl]

My "I hate people" button is really being pushed today...

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The Pueblo Police Department has arrested a woman and identified a second wanted suspect after the bodies of two missing Colorado children were identified — one found encased in concrete in a Pueblo storage unit and another found in a suitcase in the trunk of a scrapped car.

In January, Pueblo police began an investigation after a child’s body was found encased in concrete in a storage unit. In connection to the case, a search was launched for Jesus Dominguez Jr. and Yesenia Dominguez, two children who were last seen in 2018.

According to Pueblo police, 35-year-old Jesus Dominguez and 36-year-old Corena Rose Minjarez were interviewed in late January as persons of interest after Dominguez was arrested on an outstanding warrant. During the interview, the possibility of the children being in the Phoenix area was mentioned, although police said this lead proved fruitless.

During the investigation, a car belonging to Minjarez was found at a local scrap yard. On Feb. 6, police executed a search warrant on the car and found a suitcase in the trunk. Inside the suitcase were the remains of a boy.

On Thursday, police received DNA confirmation that the children’s remains found in the metal container belonged to Yesenia Dominguez and the remains found in the suitcase belonged to Jesus Dominguez Jr.

Police have been unable to locate Jesus Dominguez, and anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact the Pueblo Police Department.

Girl encased in concrete identified, boy found in suitcase

Police arrested a woman and identified a second wanted suspect after the bodies of two missing Colorado children were identified — one found encased in concrete in a Pueblo storage unit and another…

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He has been arrested too

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Colorado father and his ‘jealous’ partner are accused of murdering his children by another woman, after they were found in a suitcase and encased in concrete.

Corena Rose Minjarez, 37, and Jesus Dominguez, 36, were arrested in January in Pueblo, Colorado after police found the remains of Dominguez’s biological children. Months later, Dominguez’s attorney has accused Minjarez of being jealous of the kids’ biological mother, The Pueblo Chieftain reported.

Police found the remains more than five years after the children were last seen in 2018, when they were 5 and 3. Authorities located the remains of Yesenia, the younger child, inside a metal container encased in concrete in a storage unit on January 22. A week later, they found the remains of Jesus Jr inside a suitcase tucked in the trunk of a car belonging to Minjarez.

At the hearing, Dominguez’s defense attorney Becky Briggs placed the blame on Minjarez, suggesting that she was jealous of the kids’ biological mother.

She pointed to family members’ accounts claiming that Minjarez believed Dominguez was cheating on her with the children’s mother, the outlet reported.

Briggs told the court that both the storage unit and the car, where the children’s remains were found, was registered under Minjarez’s name.

The 37-year-old apparently confessed to one of her friends not once but twice in a six-month span, a detective told the court.

On one occasion, Minjarez allegedly told her friend that both children died in 2018, adding that she and Dominguez were doing drugs one evening and found Yesenia “unconscious behind the back seat” later.

The detective testified that Minjarez admitted to someone six months later that Jesus Jr died “the exact same way.” The detective told the court that her stories suggest that the kids would have been trapped in the backseat, asphyxiated.

While autopsy reports ruled their manners of death “homicidal violence,” the causes of death are unknown due to the decomposed state of the bodies when they were found, the outlet reported.

Even some of Minjarez’s family members accused her of wrongdoing, having raised concerns over her treatment toward the children.

Minjarez also told another relative that “life would be so much easier” without children, the detective told the court.

In another instance, her own teenage son told the detective that he believed his mother took out her anger toward her rocky relationship with Dominguez on his kids.

Both adults were accused of locking up the children for long periods of time when they weren’t home and one of Minjarez’s relatives also told detectives about a time when Dominguez allegedly slapped Jesus Jr with an open hand.

Minjarez’s public defender told the court that there was no proof that her client was “in a position of trust” over the children since she wasn’t the legal guardian.

Deputy District Attorney Kyle McCarthy pushed back on this claim, insisting that both Minjarez and Dominguez had both been responsible for the children’s welfare.

McCarthy also emphasized to the court that both adults had access to the car and storage unit in question — and were only two people to have this access.

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[cubby]

When your own family and son blame you for the death of your 'step' children, you know that you are a horrible human being.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Jesus Dominguez took a plea deal in Pueblo County Court Thursday, pleading guilty to second degree murder after investigators say they found the remains of two young children last year.

Today in court, the judge said Dominguez’s plea deal includes him cooperating with the district attorney’s office to testify in Minjarez’s trial, which is set to start Aug. 11.

The the remains of Jesus Dominguez Jr. were found in a suitcase in a car belonging to Minjarez that was taken to a Pueblo area scrap yard. The remains of Yesenia Dominguez were found in a metal container filled with concrete inside a storage unit in Pueblo.

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[BuffettGirl]

Vile cretins...

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Colorado woman is on trial this week for allegedly killing two young children, ages 3 and 5, with help from their father — hiding one of their bodies in a container filled with "hardened concrete" and the other in a car trunk for nearly a decade — until her mom grew suspicious, cops and prosecutors say.

Corena Minjarez, 37, is facing two counts of first-degree murder of a victim under 12 years old by a person in a position of trust and two counts of abuse of a corpse for the 2018 slayings of Jesus Dominguez Jr., 5, and Yesenia Dominguez, 3, according to court records.

Minjarez and Jesus Dominguez, the children's father, allegedly killed the kids and then stowed away their bodies inside a unit at the Kings Storage facility in Pueblo and a suitcase in the trunk of Minjarez's car.

Dominguez has reportedly accepted a plea deal in which he agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for testifying against Minjarez, whom he allegedly had a tumultuous relationship with, according to The Pueblo Chieftain, citing testimony from local police detectives at an October 2024 preliminary hearing.

As the relationship soured, prosecutors say Minjarez allegedly took her frustrations and anger out on Jesus and Yesenia, along with growing extremely jealous of the children's biological mother. The Chieftain reported that family members of Minjarez told investigators they were concerned over Minjarez's treatment of the kids, citing testimony from Pueblo detectives who spoke to them.

A friend of Minjarez's told cops she allegedly confessed to hiding Jesus and Yesenia's bodies in 2018 after they both died "the exact same way" of accidental causes.

Minjarez's mother ended up being the one who reported her to police after she grew suspicious of a metal container full of concrete inside Minjarez and Dominguez's unit at Kings Storage, which was getting ready to be cleared out by facility workers after the couple was evicted, according to the Chieftain. She told investigators about a number of disturbing signs she allegedly noticed over the years — including a "foul smell" coming from Minjarez's car in the summer of 2018 — before she eventually called cops in January 2024, the Chieftain reports.

On Jan. 20, officers responded to Kings Storage and allegedly found the container.

"The metal container was searched, and the remains of a child were located within the container," Pueblo Police said in a press release. It was Yesenia and her body was badly decomposed, with her autopsy report listing the manner of death as "homicidal violence" but with no cause due to the severity of the decomposition.

Police located Jesus' body a couple of weeks later.

"During the investigation detectives located a vehicle belonging to a Corena Minjarez at a local scrap yard," police said. "On February 6th, 2024, Police executed a search warrant on that vehicle. Police located a suitcase in the trunk of the vehicle. In the suitcase were the remains of a young male child."

An autopsy revealed that Jesus was the body in question, and that he had also been a victim of "homicidal violence." The investigation revealed that no missing person reports were ever filed for him or Yesenia.

Woman hid dead kids inside storage container with 'hardened concrete' and a car trunk: Cops

Corena Minjarez allegedly killed two young children with their father's help and then hid their bodies in a container filled with "hardened concrete" and a car trunk for nearly a decade, cops say.

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Jesus Dominguez testifies about how he discovered children's deaths​

Jesus Dominguez told the courtroom on Thursday that he had a feeling his girlfriend, Corena Rose Minjarez, may have done something to his kids.

Dominguez, who took the stand in handcuffs, pleaded guilty on July 10 to one count of second-degree murder in connection with the 2018 deaths of 5-year-old Jesus Dominguez Jr. and 3-year-old Yesenia Dominguez.

March 14, 2018, was Dominguez's 30th birthday and the day Yesenia died, Dominguez testified. He said he was driving Minjarez's 2004 Pontiac Grand Am to pick up Minjarez's children and Dominguez's nephew from a local elementary school.

Dominguez said that on the way to the school, Minjarez was in the passenger seat, Jesus Jr. was sitting behind him, and Yesenia was sitting on the floor in a trash bag because she'd peed and they didn't want her urine to get on the car. After Dominguez returned to the car from the school, he claimed Minjarez approached him and said Yesenia was not breathing.

Dominguez said he then rushed to drop the other children off at Minjarez's sister's apartment, while Minjarez tried to give Yesenia CPR. He testified that he and Minjarez considered taking Yesenia to the hospital, but decided against it due to bite marks and damage to Yesenia's hand that he alleged Minjarez had inflicted months prior.

Instead, Dominguez and Minjarez drove to a house on Sundance Court they were in the process of being kicked out of. He testified that they placed Yesenia's remains in a tote before moving them to a suitcase. When Dominguez, Minjarez and Jesus Jr. moved from the house on Sundance Court to live in the Pontiac, the suitcase containing Yesenia's remains was stored in the trunk.

In response to questions from Deputy Public Defender Tilyn Bell, Dominguez said Jesus Jr. never asked him about his sister.

Dominguez testified that both he and Minjarez were addicted to drugs at the time of Yesenia's death. He said he had introduced Minjarez to snorting Percocet and methamphetamine. While living in the Pontiac, Dominguez said he and Minjarez continued snorting meth and using heroin as Yesenia's remains could be smelled "little by little" in the trunk.

Jesus Jr. was "going backwards" on the progress he had made with potty training at this time, Dominguez testified, and had several accidents in Minjarez's car.

After one such accident in April 2018, Dominguez alleged Minjarez got out of the Pontiac at an East Side car wash to spray Jesus Jr. with a wand wash. The water pressure caused lacerations near Jesus Jr.'s groin, but Dominguez said he believed the injuries were accidental.

A few weeks after the wand wash incident, Dominguez said he got out of the Pontiac at an apartment complex near the Colorado State Fairgrounds to buy drugs. In the Pontiac, Jesus Jr. sat in the back seat near a couple of plastic bags with blankets, while Minjarez's seat was reclined, he testified.

After returning with the drugs, Dominguez said he drove around, making sure law enforcement was not around, and Minjarez began using the drugs.

At some point during their drive, Minjarez reached in the back seat to pick up something she had dropped, Dominguez testified. He said he recalled Minjarez looking in the back seat and informing him that Jesus Jr. was not breathing.

Dominguez said he looked back and noticed that Jesus Jr.'s lips were purple. He testified that he and Minjarez then went to a field near the Pueblo Dam and decided to store Jesus Jr.'s body in a suitcase with several layers of trash bags.

Father of slain children testifies against girlfriend after pleading guilty to murder

The father of two children whose bodies were found in a Pueblo storage container and scrapyard in 2024 testified against his girlfriend on Aug. 21.

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I hate these people and want them both dead....

 

[the cat did it]

I would be at total peace w/ both of them dying a violent, drawn out miserable death. I am w/ you @Sugar Cookie and would like these to miscreants dead. I hate looking at the pic of the little girl Yesenia's pic above- she is a corner, makes me sad to think how much they were put in a corner and abused.

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!!!!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Corena Minjarez as been found guilty of killing her boyfriend's two young children with his help and "hiding the bodies under horrific conditions" — one in a container filled with "hardened concrete" and the other in a car trunk — for nearly a decade, prosecutors say.

"The jury deliberated for more than a day," the DA's office said Wednesday. "After careful consideration of the evidence presented, the jury reached a unanimous verdict, finding Minjarez guilty on all charges. Minjarez was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole."

Woman killed boyfriend's 3-year-old and 5-year-old, convinced him to stow away bodies

A Colorado woman was found guilty of killing her boyfriend's two kids with his help and "hiding the bodies under horrific conditions," one in a container with concrete and the other in a car trunk.

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The father, Jesus Dominguez, will be sentenced on September 12, 2025.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Colorado man has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for killing his two young children with help from his girlfriend and "hiding the bodies under horrific conditions" — one in a container filled with "hardened concrete" and the other in a car trunk — for years, prosecutors say.

Jesus Dominguez, 37, was sentenced Friday in Pueblo County after taking a plea deal in July for second-degree murder and agreeing to testify against his girlfriend, Corena Minjarez, 37, for what prosecutors said was a despicable act of "homicidal violence" orchestrated by Minjarez, who was using drugs and abusing the children as they struggled with potty training.

The couple tried keeping the 2018 slayings of Jesus Dominguez Jr., 5, and Yesenia Dominguez, 3, secret by stowing their bodies away inside of a car trunk and storage facility in Pueblo.

Dad who killed and hid bodies of his kids, 3 and 5, in suitcase, container learns fate

A Colorado man has been sentenced to more than three decades in prison for killing his two young children with help from his girlfriend and "hiding the bodies under horrific conditions."

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Among the charges dropped in Dominguez's plea deal was a misdemeanor for theft of public assistance funds.

"He (Dominguez) was applying for benefits and no one could account for the kids," Ortega said. "He was receiving assistance for the kids at the time they were missing."

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The Pueblo father of two children whose bodies were discovered in a storage unit and suitcase last year was sentenced Friday to 32 years in state prison. His girlfriend is already serving two life sentences for the kids' murders.

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