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Texas man allegedly murdered estranged wife before calling his mom in a panic: ‘She’s dead’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google A man in Texas was arrested after allegedly murdering his estranged wife while their kids were home, according to police.

Common ground

Jake Bigoni, 37, was taken into custody Wednesday after officers performing a welfare check for his estranged wife, Eliana Bigoni, discovered her dead inside his Plano, Texas, apartment.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Upon arriving at Jake Bigoni’s apartment, officers allegedly observed what appeared to be a large blood stain on his shirt”
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The Mirror US and other reports cite an affidavit stating officers observed a large blood stain on Jake Bigoni's shirt upon arrival.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jake's shirt had a blood stain on it and the apartment was covered with blood when officers arrived, according to an affidavit from the Plano Police Department. In April, she shared a photo of herself…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16062009/Husband-kill…
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web search NEUTRAL — When police arrived at the Plano, Texas, apartment on Aug. 12, 37-year-old Jake Bigoni opened the door wearing a shirt marked with a large, ominous bloodstain. Bigoni told officers he had stained his …
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/disturbing-clue-left-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bigoni’s mother then called police and said her son had confessed to her over the phone. “I have something to tell you,” Bigoni allegedly told his mother 30 minutes before police arrived, according to…
https://www.nj.com/news/2026/08/tx-man-allegedly-murdered-wi…
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Claim 2: “Police said the couple’s children were in the apartment during the alleged murder and weren’t harmed.”
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The Daily Mail reports that the couple's two young sons were inside the apartment throughout the alleged attack but were found physically unharmed.
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Claim 3: “Jake Bigoni, 37, was taken into custody Wednesday after officers performing a welfare check for his estranged wife, Eliana Bigoni, discovered her dead inside his Plano, Texas, apartment.”
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Multiple independent sources (NBC, Daily Mail, nj.com) confirm Jake Bigoni was arrested in Plano, Texas, after Eliana Bigoni's body was found during a welfare check.
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Claim 4: “Eliana Bigoni’s body was found in the trunk of a white Hyundai in the apartment’s garage”
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Daily Mail and nj.com both report that Eliana's body was found in the trunk of a white Hyundai in the apartment's garage.
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web search NEUTRAL — Eliana's body was discovered in the trunk of a white Hyundai parked in the apartment's garage. She had suffered major damage to her head and face. The couple's two young sons were inside the apartment…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16064725/eliana-bigon…
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web search NEUTRAL — 12 to the apartment of Jake Bigoni, 37, after someone requested a wellness check on Eliana Bigoni.Her body was found in the trunk of a car in the garage. The affidavit stated that it appeared there ha…
https://www.nj.com/news/2026/08/tx-man-allegedly-murdered-wi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eliana Bigoni, a thirty four year old mother of two, was found dead in Plano Texas. Her husband Jake Bigoni is now behind bars charged with first degree murder..
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/jake-bigoni-missing-woman-st…
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Claim 5: “Jake and Eliana Bigoni were separated”
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Multiple sources, including news reports and social media summaries of the case, state that Jake and Eliana Bigoni were separated/estranged.
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web search NEUTRAL — The friend told police Eliana and Jake Bigoni had been separated and going through a divorce, and Eliana was going to pick the couple's 2 and 5-year-old children up that morning. Police were alerted t…
https://www.fox4news.com/news/plano-murder-jake-bigoni-elian…
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web search NEUTRAL — 34-year-old Eliana Bigoni was found deceased after going to pick up her two young children from her estranged husband’s apartment. 37-year-old Jake Bigoni has since been charged with murder and abuse …
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/what-happened-to-eliana-bigo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Was the Plano homicide victim identified as Eliana Bigoni ever known publicly as Eliana Lopez? What charges have been filed in the Plano case and what is the status of the criminal proceedings?
https://factually.co/fact-checks/society/who-is-eliana-lopez…
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Claim 6: “Authorities initiated the welfare check after one of Eliana’s friends reported that she had not appeared for a scheduled breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday and could not be reached”
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Multiple sources confirm the welfare check was triggered by a friend reporting Eliana missed an 8:30 a.m. breakfast.
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web search NEUTRAL — A friend contacted police after Eliana Bigoni failed to attend an 8:30 a.m. breakfast and could not be reached, according to the affidavit.
https://republicangazette.com/mother-found-dead-after-welfar…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police say a welfare check led to Eliana Bigoni’s body being found.Eliana shared her phone's location with the witness, who saw that she had arrived at The Parker Apartments, located at 4701 Charles P…
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/plano-husband-charged-with…
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web search NEUTRAL — Concerned friends of Eliana called police after she went missing and failed to return messages.Jake and Eliana Bigoni were navigating a divorce in Plano, Texas, according to Eliana's friend, who calle…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16064725/eliana-bigon…
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Claim 7: “Jake Bigoni’s mother later called police, saying her son had phoned her and allegedly said, “I have something to tell you. She’s dead. We got in a fight and she’s dead.””
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Multiple sources cite the police affidavit stating Jake's mother called police after he confessed to her over the phone that Eliana was dead following a fight.
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web search NEUTRAL — His mother told police that Bigoni had called her around 10:15 a.m. and said Eliana was dead after the two had been in a fight. The reported call occurred shortly before police reached the apartment.
https://republicangazette.com/mother-found-dead-after-welfar…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bigoni's mother then called police and said her son had confessed to her over the phone. "I have something to tell you," Bigoni allegedly told his mother 30 minutes before police arrived, according to…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/texas-man-allegedly-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — She's dead,' Jake Bigoni, 37, allegedly said to his mother over the phone shortly after murdering his estranged wife Eliana, according to a police report obtained by the Daily Mail. 'We got into a fig…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16062009/Husband-kill…
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Claim 8: “officials adding she had major damage to her head and face.”
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The Daily Mail explicitly reports that she had suffered 'major damage to her head and face'.
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Claim 9: “Jake Bigoni allegedly has a history of violent behavior.”
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Claim 10: “He was initially booked on a felony abuse of corpse charge before authorities later added a murder charge”
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NBC, Daily Mail, and other reports explicitly state he was initially charged with felony abuse of a corpse and subsequently charged with murder.
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web search NEUTRAL — Plano husband charged with murder and abuse of a corpse after wife's body found in home. Jake Bigoni and his wife, Eliana, were allegedly going through a divorce at the time of her death.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/plano-husband-charged-with…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bigoni was initially arrested and charged with felony abuse of a corpse. On Thursday, Plano Police obtained a murder warrant for Bigoni and booked him into the Collin County Jail.
https://www.fox4news.com/news/plano-murder-jake-bigoni-elian…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jake Bigoni, 37, is charged with murder and abusing a corpse. He's being held at the Collin County Jail north of Dallas. Eliana Bigoni was supposed to pick her sons and drop them off at school the mor…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16064725/eliana-bigon…
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Claim 11: “The two were in the process of a divorce when Bigoni was found dead.”
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NBC and other reports confirm the couple was in the process of a divorce at the time of her death.
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Claim 12: “Jake Bigoni is being held in jail with no bond.”
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