article_snippet.sent: Norma Esparza and Van allegedly entered into a sham marriage before Van's original arrest for the crime.
article_snippet.sent: Esparza and Van divorced and
article_snippet.sent: After the killing, Van and Esparza — who had been questioned by police — entered into a sham marriage to avoid prosecution, Murray said.
article_snippet.sent: Esparza later divorced Van.
article_snippet.sent: Esparza's husband, Jorge Mancillas, had said at a 2013 news conference that Esparza later divorced Van had confided in Van about the rape and Esparza later divorced Van took matters into Esparza later divorced Van own hands.