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

An Arizona woman who disappeared earlier this month has reportedly been found dead — along with the body of her stalker. Doris Maricela Aguilar, 25, disappeared on July 1. Her car was found about a week later in a Phoenix shopping center parking lot. The vehicle had been 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 shot Aguilar and then shot himself in the head, local authorities told Arizona Family.

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

‘He scared her’

Private investigator Steve Fischer alleged that before her death, Aguilar told family and friends that Cuellar was dangerous and refused to leave her alone. Fischer said he has been investigating the “sick and twisted” crime committed against Aguilar. Many of Aguilar’s relatives 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 if anything happened to her, he was responsible,” Fischer said, adding, “He scared her.”

Fischer said Cuellar worked in the same building as Aguilar. About a year ago, however, he was fired. The stalker allegedly sent Aguilar threatening messages and even showed up at her gym unannounced. A deeply fearful Aguilar changed gyms to avoid Cuellar, Fischer said.

On June 27, Cuellar made 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 duo’s bodies were found in a rented sedan in a steakhouse parking lot near a gym Aguilar used to go to. Her car had been found earlier by officers outside the Christown Shopping Center with her belongings inside.

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

Fischer said Cuellar left a note in the car in an attempt to convince people that Aguilar had committed suicide. “He was trying 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.