Arnoldo Jimenez told an associate he was going to Mexico , FBI said . Carrera , found stabbed to death in her bathtub , was still in the sequined cocktail dress she wore to her wedding reception , police said . FBI traced phone calls from Illinois to Texas near the Mexican border . He told his sister that he and his new wife had ` ` a bad fight , '' and he left her bleeding . Bride Estrella Carrera , 26 , was found stabbed to death in a wedding dress in the bathtub .
Arnoldo Jimenez told an associate he was going to Mexico , FBI said . FBI traced phone calls from Illinois to Texas near the Mexican border . He told his sister that he and his new wife had ` ` a bad fight , '' and he left her bleeding . Bride Estrella Carrera , 26 , was found stabbed to death in a wedding dress in the bathtub .