{"id":2794,"date":"2026-07-10T05:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2794"},"modified":"2026-07-10T05:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:12:21","slug":"las-vegas-man-left-custody-documents-after-murdering-ex-wife-her-new-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2794","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas man left custody documents after murdering ex-wife, her new husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>A deadbeat dad who stormed into a Las Vegas grocery store <a 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grocery store at the time of the shooting. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe said in the week or two prior to actually committing the shooting, he made arrangements,\u201d Copley said in court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knew that murdering people was bad, but he had felt that over the last few years everything that Amanda had been trying to do with him in the form of obtaining financial support for their children kind of justified this action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A grand jury indicted Estrada on 13 felony charges, including two counts of murder with use of a deadly weapon, eight counts of discharge of a firearm from or within a structure or vehicle and burglary while in possession of firearm or deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"39940290\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg 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or point when he got child support, he was in the process of buying a condo and when the child support got to him the loan officer had to stop everything\u2026 and he pretty much after that just hate her even more \u2019cause of that situation,\u201d Hernandez testified.<\/p>\n<p>Estrada had multiple weapons on him as he entered a Smith\u2019s grocery store on May 12 and allegedly shot Rosas and her new husband, Victor Frias Rosas, who both worked at the store, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.8newsnow.com\/investigators\/court-records-reveal-child-support-dispute-before-las-vegas-grocery-store-killings\/\">KLAS reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting only ended when multiple bystanders jumped on top of the suspected shooter and held him down until police arrived and hauled him away in handcuffs, according to cops and witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda and Victor Fras Rosas, who wed in 2025, were declared dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was completely calm. No expression. No nothing,\u201d shopper Paula Milton told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/crime\/homicides\/2-shot-inside-las-vegas-grocery-store-3823110\/\">Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a> of the alleged double murderer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could tell it was him because everyone else was running and screaming, and he was like no big deal \u2026 \u201c<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A deadbeat dad who stormed into a Las Vegas grocery store and allegedly gunned down his ex-wife and her new husband tucked custody papers under his ex\u2019s arm after the double murder, according to police. 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