A former Argentina cop will go on trial for the 2019 execution of a retired married couple she befriended in order to rob them and pay for her daughter's Disney World birthday bash.
Sonia Rebeca Soloaga, 35, who has been relegated to pre-trial confinement at her Buenos Aires home, is accused of killing Alberto Antonio Chirico, 71, and María Delia Speranza, 63, inside their home afternoon of June 11, 2019.
Soloaga's boyfriend and fellow police officer Diego Alberto Pachilo, 36, is facing cover-up charges.
Both worked at the same police station and were immediately fired after their arrests on July 16.
According to lead prosecutor Estela Andrades, Soloaga could face life in prison for aggravated robbery with a firearm, double homicide and false denunciation.
A trial date has not been set yet, Argentine newspaper Cronica reported.
Former Buenos Aires, Argentina, police officer Sonia Rebeca Soloaga will be put on trial for the June 2019 murder of an elderly couple she stole $80,000 from to pay for her daughter's 15th birthday celebration in Disney World
Alberto Antonio Chirico (left) and María Delia Speranza (right) were allegedly executed inside their home June 2019 by a police officer who they befriended while on patrol in their Buenos Aires neighborhood of Flores
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ShareAndrades said Soloaga plotted the elderly's couple death so that she could steal the considerable sum, part of which would have been used to cover a $9,000 bill for her daughter's upcoming 15th birthday celebration, or quiceanera, at the Florida amusement park.
Soloaga developed a close relationship with the Chirico and Speranza, who often invited her inside their home to use the bathroom and to enjoy the couple's meals while patrolling the Flores neighborhood.
During the home invasion, Chirico and Speranza were beaten in the head by the cop they had grown fond of as they were forced to reveal the location of their savings, which were hidden inside a milk container, a cornstarch box, a plastic tube and a shoe box.
María Delia Speranza (left) and her husband Alberto Antonio Chirico (right) were each shot in the head during a June 2019 home invasion allegedly carried out by a police officer in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Forensic reports revealed that Chirico and Speranza were forced to lie face down and had a pillow placed over their heads before they were each shot with Soloaga's 9mm service weapon.
Authorities became suspicious of Soloaga after she filed a report which indicated her gun and a bag with 300,000 Argentine pesos - approximately $4,486 - had been taken from her by armed robbers.
Investigators accessed surveillance cameras but could not corroborate Soloaga's story that she had been shot at during the mugging.
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