A WOMAN whose brother was murdered by his girlfriend’s enraged step-father solely discovered about his demise after she noticed a Fb submit.

Christina Rae, 25, final noticed her brother, Josh Rivera, 28, on October 24, 2023, when he left their dad and mom’ home to run some errands.

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He advised her he can be again quickly, however by the following morning, Rivera was nonetheless not house and older brother, Henry, 32, posted on Fb asking if anybody had seen him.

Rae was scrolling on the positioning when she noticed a police report mentioning a demise – and noticed Rivera’s black Ford Escape within the photograph.

Inside half-hour, she noticed a submit from one among Rivera’s pals that mentioned “RIP Josh.”

Throughout a trial in July 2025, Josh’s household heard how he was shot a number of occasions by Joshua Fernandovazquez Trezaratti, 46, at a house on Mickelson Drive, Southeast Austin, on October 24, 2023.

On the day of Josh’s demise, Trezaratti is alleged to have instructed his spouse to steer Rivera to imagine she was alone on the house when he came visiting, in response to an affidavit.

The plot started after Rivera, who was courting Trezaratti’s step-daughter, allegedly made unwelcome sexual advances towards his spouse.

Police mentioned Trezaratti was ready in a close-by room with a shotgun and intervened when Rivera tried to go exterior.

After they bodily fought, Trezaratti shot Rivera a number of occasions.

Christina, a social media marketer from Austin, Texas, mentioned, “Once I acquired the decision to say that Josh wasn’t house, I bear in mind telling everybody to not panic.

“I assumed he would have simply spent the evening at somebody’s.

“My oldest brother posted on Fb asking if anybody had seen Josh.

“I went on Fb and noticed that the police put a report on-line – that’s after I noticed Josh’s automotive within the photograph.

“At that time, no one knew Josh was useless, after which his greatest good friend posted on Fb saying ‘RIP Josh’. That was when my mother referred to as me screaming hysterically.”

LAST SIGHTING

Rae noticed her brother, who was additionally a father, for the ultimate time on October 24, 2023, at her mother’s home.

“As I used to be pulling as much as my dad or mum’s, I noticed Josh and spoke to him for half-hour or so. He mentioned he wanted to run some errands, however he can be proper again,” she mentioned.

“Little did I do know that might be the final time I noticed him alive.

“We had been having so many individuals message us on Fb asking if it was true that Josh was useless.

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“Minutes later, my mother referred to as me. She was screaming her head off that Josh was murdered, she stored screaming down the telephone.

“I bear in mind not understanding what to say, however dashing to the college to be sure that our youthful sister was OK.”

Austin Police Division officers responded to an emergency 911 name round 5pm on October 24, 2023, and located Rivera on the ground with gunshot wounds.

Regardless of efforts from medics, he was pronounced useless on the scene.

Rivera’s ex-partner, Arleen Juarez, 34, a property supervisor, from Kyle, Texas, mentioned, “I do imagine his homicide was pre-planned, and I do imagine that he was tricked.

“It makes me really feel unhappy. No matter they thought of Josh, that they had no motive to take his life.

“They took a father from his kids, they took a son, a brother, a person who was very cherished by his household.”

TRIAL LAUNCHED

Final month, Trezaratti was discovered responsible of homicide and given an 18-year sentence to be served on the Texas Division of Felony Justice.

Rae had the chance to talk on to Trezaratti on the trial and mentioned that he would smirk on the household.

She mentioned: “I acquired to take the stand, so did my dad, Josh’s two children, and my sister.

“I used to be very offended, I used to be full of feelings. It felt like an out-of-body expertise. You might be dealing with the one that not solely ruined your brother’s life but additionally ruined everybody’s round him.

“I bear in mind seeing him face-to-face. All through court docket, he was smirking at us.

“When he pleaded not responsible, he turned to us and smiled.”

Rae mentioned that 18 years just isn’t lengthy sufficient for a life and feels just like the sentencing was a “slap within the face.”

She mentioned Rivera was like a teddy bear; that he was all the time there for folks and was very in contact along with his feelings.

“Trezaratti actually thought he was going to win, he cried when he was sentenced,” she added.

“I personally really feel like 18 years just isn’t sufficient for a life.

“My brother solely acquired 28 years on this world, we’ll spend day-after-day lacking him.

“It felt like a slap within the face to all of us.”