Missing Arizona woman found dead in car next to body of suspected stalker, days after he posted chilling Facebook post

An Arizona woman who disappeared earlier this month was reportedly found dead – along with the body of her stalker. Doris Maricela Aguilar, 25, went missing on July 1. Her car was found about a week later in the parking lot of a Phoenix shopping center. The vehicle was unlocked and abandoned.

Now two decomposing bodies have been discovered in a car in an Arizona parking lot. Aguilar was found dead next to her stalker, Juan Cuellar, 51. Cuellar had shot Aguilar and then shot himself in the head, local authorities told Arizona Family.

The bodies were found in the parking lot of a gym near Phoenix on July 7. It is believed that the bodies had been in the car for several days.

“He scared her”

Private investigator Steve Fischer claimed that before her death, Aguilar told her family and friends that Cuellar was dangerous and refused to leave her alone. Fischer said he investigated the “sick and twisted” crime committed against Aguilar. Many members of Aguilar’s family live in Honduras.

Aguilar was known for his passion for fitness. “She told her family and important people in her life about this person and that he would be responsible if anything happened to her,” Fischer said, adding, “He scared her.”

Fischer said Cuellar worked in the same building as Aguilar. However, he was fired about a year ago. The stalker allegedly sent Aguilar threatening letters and even showed up at her gym completely unannounced. A very anxious Aguilar switched gyms to avoid Cuellar, Fischer said.

On June 27, Cuellar posted a chilling Facebook post that appeared to be directed at Aguilar. “I’m getting my lifetime (gym) membership back. See you soon,” Cuellar wrote.

Days later, the couple’s bodies were found in a rented sedan in the parking lot of a steakhouse near a gym that Aguilar used to go to. Her car was previously found by police outside Christown Shopping Center with her belongings inside.

Fischer believes the stalker rented the vehicle as part of a “bait plan” to get to his victim, but he may not have killed her in the rental car. “I’m told there’s no biological evidence in the vehicle that she was shot in the car, so it looks like she was moved,” Fischer said.

Fischer said Cuellar left a note in the car to convince people that Aguilar had committed suicide. “He tried to stage it to make it look like she had committed suicide,” Fischer said. According to the victim’s phone records, the phone was turned off shortly after 8 p.m. on July 1.