28-Year-Old Woman Allegedly Kills Man Who Refused to Kiss Her

Woman killed a man at Rolling Meadows home after he refused to kiss her, prosecutors say.
She was charged with first-degree murder and will be back in court.

Ekohotblog reports that Claudia Resendiz-Florez, a 28-year-old Illinois woman shot and killed a man in a bizarre love triangle dispute, according to authorities.

Resendiz-Florez was staying with two friends, James Jones and his fiancée, at their house in Rolling Meadows when the incident occurred on Thursday night, October 14, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Prosecutors in Cook County claim that the group was drinking together when Resendiz-Florez reportedly asked Jones for a kiss. Jones rejected since he was seated very close to his girlfriend.

While they were drinking Thursday, Resendiz-Flores allegedly asked 29-year-old James Jones for a kiss and became jealous when he refused and instead turned to his girlfriend and asked for a smooch, prosecutors said.

That’s when Resendiz-Flores’ demeanour changed and she demanded he kiss her again, according to prosecutors.

When Jones said he wouldn’t kiss her, Resendiz-Flores took his gun, which was tucked between couch cushions at the home, and aimed it at him, prosecutors said.

The man tried to push the gun down after he saw Resendiz-Flores’ finger on the trigger and watched her take the safety off, prosecutors said. She then allegedly lifted her arms and shot him once in the chest, killing him.

His girlfriend called 911 and when officers arrived at the scene Resendiz-Flores allegedly admitted to shooting Jones. She was charged with first-degree murder and will be back in court on Tuesday, October 19.

Resendiz-Flores’s public defender Courtney Smallwood said during the bond hearing that her client is married but separated from her husband and is the sole caretaker for three young children. She disputed suggestions that Resendiz-Flores lived with the couple, insisting she lived at her family home in Des Plaines.

Ify Davies