Killer's brutal five-word response to cops after dismembering ex-girlfriend's body because he thought she stole his dad's social security

A Texas killer had a bone-chilling effect to constabulary erstwhile they questioned him successful April 2021 astir the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

'I would bash it again,' Andres Tarnava, 39, told constabulary successful interrogation country aft admitting helium shot Marisol Klingelhofer 4 times successful the face.

Tarnava besides said helium dismembered her earlier placing her assemblage parts into barrels connected his spot truthful helium could pain them beyond recognition.

When Texas Rangers asked wherefore helium did it, Tarnava said helium suspected Klingelhofer of stealing his dormant father's subject ID and Social Security card. 

'You aren't conscionable going to instrumentality thing from maine and conscionable fto it go,' helium told investigators successful a recorded confession. 'My dada was my satellite and I would bash it again.'

After Tarnava was convicted of execution successful June, helium appeared successful tribunal Monday wherever helium was sentenced to beingness successful prison, reported San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT 12.

Klingelhofer was a mother, and her daughter Priscilla Gonzalez spoke retired successful June 2021 aft her murder.

'We didn't get to accidental goodbye. I didn't get to springiness her that past hug and archer her I emotion you,' she told Fox News San Antonio.

Gonzalez revealed she had an 11-year-old lad astatine the clip of her death, who is astir 14 years aged now.

'He's the littlest 1 and helium didn't adjacent get to spot her,' Gonzalez said. 'And he's present without a parent oregon a father.'

Prosecutors said Tarnava killed the 49-year-old parent connected April 26, 2021, the San Antonio Express-News reported.

Ruben Arguello, a person of some Klingelhofer and Tarnava, testified that helium was with Klingelhofer that time successful his greenish Ford Expedition.

Arguello said Tarnava approached them brandishing a gun. He jumped retired of his car and started running, assuming Klingelhofer was close down him. 

She didn't determination though, according to him. Arguello past turned to spot Tarnava sprout her twice.

'I saw him propulsion retired something, looked similar a gun, and changeable her twice,' Arguello said. 'I heard her say, "No, no." He changeable her erstwhile and I heard her again and helium changeable her again and didn’t perceive nothing.' 

Tarnava past dragged her to his GMC Yukon and drove off, per his testimony.

Another witnesser and person of the unfortunate testified to overmuch the same. 

Carlos Hernandez said Tarnava shot Klingelhofer 3 oregon 4 times and threatened him and Arguello not to accidental anything.

Arguello said Tarnava aboriginal told him helium took her to his location successful Lytle, which is connected the outskirts of San Antonio, wherever helium 'cut her up and burned her.'

Tarnava aboriginal confessed to conscionable that nether questioning from Texas Ranger Jesse Perez successful a country astatine the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.

In the defense's closing argument, they tried to formed uncertainty connected the confession due to the fact that Tarnava allegedly had to hold 4 hours earlier helium was interrogated.  

Jurors watched the confession video during the proceedings and saw Tarnava autumn dormant and snore earlier Perez and 2 different officers work him his Miranda rights.

'Marisol is gone,' Perez told Tarnava connected the video. 'She disappeared. Why?'

'You don’t instrumentality somebody’s dormant family’s ID and Social Security,' Tarnava answered. 'My begetter didn’t dice successful vain. He served his country.'

Tarnava said Klingelhofer stole these items a period earlier helium changeable her, adding that she denied her alleged relation successful the theft.

He was convinced that she threw distant cherished possessions from his father's clip arsenic a US Marine.

'I loved my father. You’d bash the aforesaid happening for your begetter if you loved him similar I did,' helium said during the interrogation. 'I conscionable wanted to whoop her ass.'

Jurors besides saw photographs of the 2 metallic barrels containing Klingelhofer's burnt bony fragments.

John Servello, a forensic anthropologist, testified during the proceedings that helium was assured astatine slightest immoderate of the bones were human.

'On the femur, everything connected that looks similar a femur shaft. … I consciousness comfy [saying] everything astir it suggests quality femur to me,' Servello said nether transverse introspection from defence lawyer Cornelius Cox.