01-26-2014, 12:22 PM
Been following this case for a month. It's a weird one and I hope the SDPD handles it better than they did the McStay family investigation.
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Gianni Belvedere - 24, Illona Flint - 22, and Salvatore Belvedere - 22. RIP.
Double Homicide Crime Scene
Just after 1:15 a.m. on Christmas Eve, Ilona Flint called 911 from a car parked outside the Macy's at the Westfield Center Valley Mall in San Diego. She told the dispatcher that she'd been shot in the head and her fiance's brother had been shot too.
When SDPD arrived, they found Illona dead of a gunshot wound to the head. Sal(vatore) was shot in the head and torso. He was still alive, but died 3 days later.
Missing Fiance/Brother - Potential Victim or Suspect?
Ilona Flint's fiance and Sal's brother, Gianni, could not be located. Some media and case followers speculated it was a love triangle gone wrong and that Gianni was behind the killings. But, family and friends of the trio, who don't appear to have criminal records, dismissed the love triangle speculation as garbage right off.
Relationship Background
All three were reportedly appropriately close; Gianni and Illona had been together for 8 years and she lived at the Belvedere home. Flint and the Belvederes were originally from Provo, Utah and moved to California a few years ago when the Belvedere family opened a restaurant in San Diego county; both Gianni and Sal worked at the restaurant.
Gianni and his siblings often picked Illona up from work at the mall as she didn't have a car. The mall had closed late that night due to extended holiday hours. (Belvedere family members believe Gianni might have been at the mall with Illona and Sal that night).
Gianni Belvedere - 24, Illona Flint - 22, and Salvatore Belvedere - 22. RIP.
Double Homicide Crime Scene
Just after 1:15 a.m. on Christmas Eve, Ilona Flint called 911 from a car parked outside the Macy's at the Westfield Center Valley Mall in San Diego. She told the dispatcher that she'd been shot in the head and her fiance's brother had been shot too.
When SDPD arrived, they found Illona dead of a gunshot wound to the head. Sal(vatore) was shot in the head and torso. He was still alive, but died 3 days later.
Missing Fiance/Brother - Potential Victim or Suspect?
Ilona Flint's fiance and Sal's brother, Gianni, could not be located. Some media and case followers speculated it was a love triangle gone wrong and that Gianni was behind the killings. But, family and friends of the trio, who don't appear to have criminal records, dismissed the love triangle speculation as garbage right off.
Relationship Background
All three were reportedly appropriately close; Gianni and Illona had been together for 8 years and she lived at the Belvedere home. Flint and the Belvederes were originally from Provo, Utah and moved to California a few years ago when the Belvedere family opened a restaurant in San Diego county; both Gianni and Sal worked at the restaurant.
Gianni and his siblings often picked Illona up from work at the mall as she didn't have a car. The mall had closed late that night due to extended holiday hours. (Belvedere family members believe Gianni might have been at the mall with Illona and Sal that night).