Andrew Tate Fan, John Poulos, Boasted About an Epic First Date on Twitter—Now He’s Charged with Her Murder
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“What was your craziest first date?” a Twitter user [https://x.com/Helloimmorgan] asked her sizable following late last year.
Among the hundreds of romantic responses was a tweet from 35-year-old US citizen John Poulos [https://x.com/ptrain67], who often shared misogynistic content on social media.
“Invited a Colombian woman on vacation without meeting her first - now we’re getting married,” Mr Poulos wrote on 17 December along with a photo with Valentina Trespalacios posing in front of ancient ruins.
Just over a month later on 22 January, Mr Poulos allegedly strangled and beat Trespalacios to death in an apartment he had rented in the Colombian capital Bogota.
Prosecutors from the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia allege Mr Poulos stuffed the 21-year-old DJ’s body into a suitcase and left it in a dumpster before fleeing on a flight to Panama.
Mr Poulos was arrested on 24 January at Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport while trying to board a flight to Turkey.
He was extradited to Colombia where he has been charged with aggravated femicide and concealment of evidence.
This week, Colombian prosecutors announced they would seek a prison term of more than 35 years in jail for the divorced father of three from Wisconsin.
Underneath Mr Poulos’s tweet announcing his engagement, a grim update has been added via the crowd-sourced Community Notes.
“The user who posted this tweet is now charged with murdering the woman in question,” the update reads.
A whirlwind romance
Valentina Trespalacios’ music career was about to take off.
The DJ, who specialised in the dance genre guaracha, had been recognised at the Colombia Dance Awards was working on her first album at the time of her death, music producer David Sarria told Billboard magazine.
She had performed with international stars such as Steve Aoki and Erik Morillo, and was one of the highest rated young DJs in Colombia, Mr Sarria said...