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A Michigan woman has been charged with killing her best friend after the pair warred over a man they were in a throuple with – and even shared a photo of themselves with black eyes on Facebook.
Raquelle Casillas, 44, from Mussey Township, together with her self-proclaimed best friend ‘shared’ the same man and were said to be a throuple.
But the pair had recently fought over the 44-year-old man who lived at the home in Capac in St. Clair County.
Casillas even shared a photo on Facebook that saw both women smiling for the camera with black eyes, cuts, and bruises.
It was captioned with Casillas referring to the woman beside her as ‘My best friend.’
When questioned as to why both women had black eyes, Casillas responded: ‘We were fighting. I took her boyfriend.’
Raquelle Casillas, 44, right, from Michigan has been accused of murdering her ‘best friend’, left, following a dispute over their involvement in love triangle
When questioned as to why both women had black eyes, Casillas responded: ‘We were fighting. I took her boyfriend.’
Raquelle Casillas was arrested when police went to the home and has been charged with one count of open murder
The suspect’s father told DailyMail.com that he believed the beating had been booze fueled, although he was unable to identify the woman killed, or the man the women fought over.
‘They’d been binge drinking for a while and I think that probably had something to do with it. It was definitely the alcohol,’ Carlos Casillas, 67, told DailyMail.com.
‘When she’s not drinking she’s a different person but she started drinking the past few years well before the relationship started,’ Raquelle’s father explained.
He noted that he did not know the woman who died nor the man the pair shared.
‘They probably got along because they were all alcoholics,’ he added.
Deputies were alerted to home on Tuesday at about 4am after the love triangle appeared to completely collapse.
Deputies were called to find Casillas’ friend lying unconscious in the bathroom of the home, but she was still breathing. She was taken to hospital but died two days later
Casillas’ friend was found lying unconscious on Tuesday on the bathroom floor after being beaten – but she was still breathing.
The woman was taken to McLaren Lapeer Hospital where she later died from the severe head trauma she suffered on Thursday morning.
The disagreement between the pair was over the relationship each had with the man with the arguments going on for several days leading up to the killing.
Authorities allege Casillas beat her friend unconscious on Tuesday, leading the man to call the police.
Casillas arrested when police went to the home and has been charged with one count of open murder.
She has also ben denied bail and is currently held at the St. Clair County Detention and Intervention Center with her next court hearing scheduled for June 20.
