Texas dad accused of killing his wife during bitter divorce after police made welfare check and spotted chilling clue on his shirt

A Texas husband accused of brutally killing the mother of his children was found by police with her blood on his clothes – and made a haunting final phone call just before officers arrived. 

‘I have something to tell you. 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 fight and she is dead.’

Officers found Eliana’s body in the trunk of a white Hyundai in their apartment garage with significant damage to her face and head. Her two young sons, ages five and two, were home at the time of her killing, according to police documents.

Her children were removed from the home by the responding officers, who described the apartment as having ‘a large amount of blood and blood spatter,’ the arrest affidavit said.

‘You are talking about two kids who were present when this incident or crime occurred,’ Plano police officer Jerry Minton told Fox 4.

‘I can’t speculate as to what they may or may not have seen, but they were present.’

Eliana’s mom and a friend, who she was supposed to meet after picking up her sons that same day, called the police after she stopped responding to them and told officers Jake had been ‘violent in the past.’ 

Eliana’s location showed she was at the apartment and she never made the appointment.

When officers arrived in the apartment in the Dallas suburbs, Jake had what was later identified as a blood stain on his shirt, the report stated.

Neither the family of Jake or Eliana responded to the Daily Mail’s request for comment. 

It’s unclear what issues the Bigoni marriage faced, but just a year ago, Eliana announced that she and her young family were moving to the Lone Star State. 

‘We’re excited to share that our family is moving from Orlando, Florida, to Dallas due to my husband’s job,’ she shared on August 18, 2025, in a Facebook post hoping to connect with other families.

‘I’m currently a realtor in Florida and will eventually continue my career in Texas as well.’

Eliana, originally from Bogota, Colombia, appeared to have spent some time in the Sunshine State in recent months, according to Facebook posts she shared. 

In April, she shared a photo of herself at a shopping center in the Miami area. 

The morning of her death, she was supposed to pick up her sons and drop them off at school, authorities said. 

Jake has no criminal past, according to public records. 

He is being held at the Collin County Jail after he was denied bond by a judge.