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And he said that he couldn't confirm whether Edwin was having an affair or not back in 1993.

Investigators didn't have things like text messages that we use nowadays to confirm that type of allegation.

But Detective Holtz did confirm that the name Miriam Beltran was, quote, familiar to investigators.

Our reporter had more questions, though, for Vanessa, namely about Edwin.

When exactly did he leave Bridgeport after her grandmother was murdered?

According to Vanessa, her grandfather Wilfredo's recollection of the day Milagros was murdered is pretty different from what he told investigators back in 1993.

Remember, according to Detective Holtz, he said that he hadn't seen Milagros in a while.

But based on Vanessa's account of their conversation, it sounded like Wilfredo and Milagros were in regular contact.

Why else would he agree to take Milagros grocery shopping?

Obviously, we wanted to talk to Wilfredo.

There could be all kinds of reasons for his conflicting statements.

We wanted to get to the bottom of it.

And in May 2026, he agreed to talk to our reporter through a translator because he speaks Spanish.

Tell him we're recording now.

During that call, Wilfredo confirmed that he did have plans to take Milagros grocery shopping the day that she was murdered.

But those plans, he said, were for sometime between 8 o'clock and 9 o'clock in the morning, not the evening like he told Vanessa.

He said that he drove over to Arneson Avenue with his wife and also with Milagros' now-deceased sister.

And he said the sister went up to get Milagros.

According to Wilfredo, she knocked on the apartment door, but no one answered.

After a while, she went back to the car.