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Ex-Boyfriend Arrested In Tampa Woman's Strangulation

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By RAY REYES

The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 20, 2008

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  Jose Torres-Rodriguez

TAMPA - The man wanted in connection with Tuesday's slaying of Iris Hernandez-Morales was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder, police said.

Jose Torres-Rodriguez, 55, was to be booked Thursday evening at Orient Road Jail.

After news reports that described Torres-Rodriguez's truck, police received tips about his whereabouts, detectives said. When police found him, he went with them voluntarily, police said.

Investigators said Torres-Rodriguez entered the Walnut Street home of his ex-girlfriend Hernandez-Morales and strangled her.

Hernandez-Morales failed to show up Tuesday to testify against Torres-Rodriguez. Concerned, her family called police, and an officer found Hernandez-Morales' body inside her house.

Torres-Rodriguez was arrested July 8 on a domestic battery charge of slapping and choking Hernandez-Morales, and a domestic violence injunction was put in place that month. He was arrested May 9 for violating the injunction.

At a hearing June 9, Hernandez-Morales testified that she feared for her life.

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