It seems too horrible to be true: Derek Medina, a South Miami man, posted
an extremely graphic and upsetting photo that he claimed was his wife's
dead body, slumped over and bloody. "Rip Jennifer Alfonso," he wrote early
Thursday afternoon. "Im going to prison or death sentence for killing my
wife love you guys miss you guys takecare Facebook people you will see me
in the news my wife was punching me and I am not going to stand anymore
with the abuse so I did what I did I hope u understand me." CBS Miami
confirmed Medina's indentity and Alfonso's death with
local police.
Police reportedly found the body at the couple's townhouse. Medina, whose
page claims he acted on the USA show Burn Notice in 2009, "went to police
Thursday morning to tell authorities that he had a domestic dispute with his
wife, and then shot her," according to CBS. "Medina had just changed his
profile picture on the social networking site to a picture of himself, a
woman, and a young girl some 15 hours before the final post allegedly of
Alfonso's body."
The page, which remained live on Facebook for hours, featured confused
comments from friends, none of whom could believe what they were seeing.
The AP has a full account of the killing, via law enforcement:
According to the affidavit, the 6-foot-2, 200-pound Medina said the
couple became involved in a heated argument in an upstairs bedroom
when he armed himself with a gun and pointed it at her. He said
Alfonso left the bedroom, returning later to say she was leaving him.
He says he went downstairs and confronted her in the kitchen, when
she began punching him. He claims he went back upstairs to get his
gun and confronted her again, at which time she grabbed a knife.
Medina said he was able to disarm her and put the knife in a drawer,
but that when she began punching him again, he shot her several
times, the affidavit says.
Medina's father said his son came over after the shooting and admitted to
murdering Alfonso. "He just said that his wife picked up a knife on him, and
they had a big fight, and he shot her," the father explained. "He came to my
house, and all he said was, 'I need to go to the police. I need to turn myself
in.'" He added, "They were married for three years, and then they got
divorced, and they got remarried last year." A young girl thought to be
Medina's 10-year-old daughter was discovered physically unharmed at the
murder scene.
With echoes of George Zimmerman, a neighbor told a local NBC affiliate that
Medina "walks around with a concealed gun, so he tries to be the
neighborhood watchguy. He's always there late night and he's weird to me
he's always kind of looking around and trying to be a hero."
Medina's Facebook, along with the gory image ( warning: very, very
graphic ), were removed after a few hours. "The content was reported to us,"
a Facebook spokeswoman said. "We took action on the profile — removing
the content and disabling the profile, and we reached out to law
enforcement. We take action on all content that violates our terms, which
are clearly laid out on our site."
Medina's YouTube channel remains, featuring a video uploaded Tuesday,
titled "Work hard play hard," depicting Medina kicking and punching:
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