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'''Brenda Berenice Delgado Reynaga''' (born June 18, 1982) is an Mexican former [[fugitive]] who was wanted for orchestrating the [[murder-for-hire]] of dentist Dr. Kendra Hatcher in [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]. On April 6, 2016, she was named by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] as the [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 2010s|506th]] fugitive, and ninth woman overall, to be placed on its [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives|Ten Most Wanted]] list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsome |first=Janella |date=2016-04-06 |title=Brenda Delgado Added to FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List |url=https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/brenda-delgado-added-to-fbis-ten-most-wanted-fugitives-list |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615074108/https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/brenda-delgado-added-to-fbis-ten-most-wanted-fugitives-list |archive-date=Jun 15, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=FBI.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ninth Woman Added to the FBI's "Most Wanted" |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-ninth-woman-added-to-the-fbi-s-most-wanted-95724613713 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> On April 8, 2016, Delgado was captured in [[Torreón|Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Newsome |first=Janella |date=2016-04-08 |title=FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Brenda Delgado Now in Custody |url=https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/fbi-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-brenda-delgado-now-in-custody |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909150515/https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/fbi-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-brenda-delgado-now-in-custody |archive-date=Sep 9, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=FBI.gov}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2016-04-09 |title=FBI's Most Wanted Woman Is Captured in Mexico After Months on the Run |url=https://www.insideedition.com/15768-fbis-most-wanted-woman-is-captured-in-mexico-after-months-on-the-run |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817103511/https://www.insideedition.com/15768-fbis-most-wanted-woman-is-captured-in-mexico-after-months-on-the-run |archive-date=Aug 17, 2022 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Inside Edition |language=en-US}}</ref> She was later extradited from Mexico to the United States to face charges of [[capital murder]] and sentenced to life in prison.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Newsome |first=Janella |date=2016-10-06 |title=FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Brenda Delgado Extradited from Mexico |url=https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/fbi-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-brenda-delgado-extradited-from-mexico |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610074309/https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/fbi-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-brenda-delgado-extradited-from-mexico |archive-date=Jun 10, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=FBI.gov}}</ref>
'''Brenda Berenice Delgado Reynaga''' (born June 18, 1982) is a Mexican former [[fugitive]] who was wanted for orchestrating the [[murder-for-hire]] of dentist Dr. Kendra Hatcher in [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]. On April 6, 2016, she was named by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] as the [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 2010s|506th]] fugitive, and ninth woman overall, to be placed on its [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives|Ten Most Wanted]] list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newsome |first=Janella |date=2016-04-06 |title=Brenda Delgado Added to FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List |url=https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/brenda-delgado-added-to-fbis-ten-most-wanted-fugitives-list |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615074108/https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/brenda-delgado-added-to-fbis-ten-most-wanted-fugitives-list |archive-date=Jun 15, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=FBI.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ninth Woman Added to the FBI's "Most Wanted" |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/the-ninth-woman-added-to-the-fbi-s-most-wanted-95724613713 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> On April 8, 2016, Delgado was captured in [[Torreón|Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Newsome |first=Janella |date=2016-04-08 |title=FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Brenda Delgado Now in Custody |url=https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/fbi-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-brenda-delgado-now-in-custody |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909150515/https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/fbi-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-brenda-delgado-now-in-custody |archive-date=Sep 9, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=FBI.gov}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2016-04-09 |title=FBI's Most Wanted Woman Is Captured in Mexico After Months on the Run |url=https://www.insideedition.com/15768-fbis-most-wanted-woman-is-captured-in-mexico-after-months-on-the-run |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817103511/https://www.insideedition.com/15768-fbis-most-wanted-woman-is-captured-in-mexico-after-months-on-the-run |archive-date=Aug 17, 2022 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Inside Edition |language=en-US}}</ref> She was later extradited from Mexico to the United States to face charges of [[capital murder]] and sentenced to life in prison.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Newsome |first=Janella |date=2016-10-06 |title=FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Brenda Delgado Extradited from Mexico |url=https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/fbi-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-brenda-delgado-extradited-from-mexico |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610074309/https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/fbi-ten-most-wanted-fugitive-brenda-delgado-extradited-from-mexico |archive-date=Jun 10, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=FBI.gov}}</ref>


== Background ==
== Background ==
Brenda Delgado was born in [[Central Mexico]] on June 18, 1982. Her father, Luis, wanting a better life for his family, brought his wife, Maria, and their five children to Dallas, Texas in 1982. Brenda was the second of five children and the only girl. After graduating Skyline High School, she got a job as a dental assistant, and took on a second job whitening teeth at a day spa while also attending church as a devout christian. She was described as someone who always wanted to make something of her life, working multiple jobs to attain her goals. She eventually moved out of her parents house and met Dr. Ricardo "Ricky" Paniagua through a dating app while he was going through his [[Residency (medicine)|residency]] in Texas. After dating for nearly three years, Brenda learned she was pregnant, and after talking with Paniagua, she decided to have an abortion.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Hollandsworth |first=Skip |date=2019-12-18 |title=The Doctor, the Dentist, and the Killer |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-doctor-the-dentist-and-the-killer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820050309/https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-doctor-the-dentist-and-the-killer/ |archive-date=Aug 20, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Texas Monthly |language=en}}</ref> In her 30s, she pursued a degree to become a [[Dental hygienist|Dental Hygienist]] at [[Sanford–Brown|Sanford-Brown]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Casey |date=Jun 12, 2019 |title=A Juror’s View Inside the Brenda Delgado Capital Murder Trial |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/a-jurors-view-inside-the-brenda-delgado-capital-murder-trial-11685131 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016055604/https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/a-jurors-view-inside-the-brenda-delgado-capital-murder-trial-11685131 |archive-date=Oct 16, 2021 |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Dallas Observer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chakraborty |first=Sourav |date=2022-07-11 |title=Lifetime's Sleeping with a Killer: Where is Brenda Delgado now? |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/lifetime-s-sleeping-killer-where-brenda-delgado-now |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924084811/https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/lifetime-s-sleeping-killer-where-brenda-delgado-now |archive-date=Sep 24, 2022 |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
Brenda Delgado was born in [[Central Mexico]] on June 18, 1982. Her father, Luis, wanting a better life for his family, brought his wife, Maria, and their five children to Dallas, Texas in 1982. Brenda was the second of five children and the only girl. After graduating Skyline High School, she got a job as a dental assistant, and took on a second job whitening teeth at a day spa while also attending church as a devout christian. She was described as someone who always wanted to make something of her life, working multiple jobs to attain her goals. She eventually moved out of her parents house and met Dr. Ricardo "Ricky" Paniagua through a dating app while he was going through his [[Residency (medicine)|residency]] in Texas. After dating for nearly three years, Brenda learned she was pregnant, and after talking with Paniagua, she decided to have an abortion.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Hollandsworth |first=Skip |date=2019-12-18 |title=The Doctor, the Dentist, and the Killer |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-doctor-the-dentist-and-the-killer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820050309/https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/the-doctor-the-dentist-and-the-killer/ |archive-date=Aug 20, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Texas Monthly |language=en}}</ref> In her 30s, she pursued a degree to become a [[Dental hygienist|Dental Hygienist]] at [[Sanford–Brown|Sanford-Brown]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Casey |date=Jun 12, 2019 |title=A Juror’s View Inside the Brenda Delgado Capital Murder Trial |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/a-jurors-view-inside-the-brenda-delgado-capital-murder-trial-11685131 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016055604/https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/a-jurors-view-inside-the-brenda-delgado-capital-murder-trial-11685131 |archive-date=Oct 16, 2021 |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Dallas Observer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chakraborty |first=Sourav |date=2022-07-11 |title=Lifetime's Sleeping with a Killer: Where is Brenda Delgado now? |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/lifetime-s-sleeping-killer-where-brenda-delgado-now |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924084811/https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/lifetime-s-sleeping-killer-where-brenda-delgado-now |archive-date=Sep 24, 2022 |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}</ref>


== Murder of Kendra Hatcher ==
== Murder-for-hire plot of Kendra Hatcher ==
Brenda Delgado and Dr. Ricardo "Ricky" Paniagua had been in a relationship for over two years. However, their relationship ended in February 2015 when Paniagua decided to break things off. Despite the breakup, they remained in contact, with Delgado believing there was still a chance for reconciliation. By June 2015, he was in a new relationship with Kendra Hatcher and had informed Delgado via email that his new relationship was going very well.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Benjamin |date=2021-08-01 |title=Woman Flees To Mexico After She Arranges The Execution Of Her Ex's New Flame |url=https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/brenda-delgado-arranges-murder-of-exs-new-girlfriend-kendra-hatcher |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221212430/https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/brenda-delgado-arranges-murder-of-exs-new-girlfriend-kendra-hatcher |archive-date=Dec 21, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Oxygen Official Site |language=en-US}}</ref> Unbeknownst to Paniagua, Delgado had been monitoring his activities since their breakup. She had access to his email and [[iCloud]] passwords, a key to his apartment, and even used an app to track his cellphone location. Delgado meticulously documented Paniagua's new relationships, taking screenshots of text messages and airline reservations.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malhotra |first=Noor |date=2022-12-14 |title=Brenda Delgado: Where is Kendra Hatcher's Killer Now? |url=https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-brenda-delgado-now/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527214907/https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-brenda-delgado-now/ |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=The Cinemaholic |language=en-US}}</ref>
Brenda Delgado and Dr. Ricardo "Ricky" Paniagua had been in a relationship for over two years. However, their relationship ended in February 2015 when Paniagua decided to break things off. Despite the breakup, they remained in contact, with Delgado believing there was still a chance for reconciliation. By June 2015, he was in a new relationship with Kendra Hatcher and had informed Delgado via email that his new relationship was going very well.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Benjamin |date=2021-08-01 |title=Woman Flees To Mexico After She Arranges The Execution Of Her Ex's New Flame |url=https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/brenda-delgado-arranges-murder-of-exs-new-girlfriend-kendra-hatcher |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221212430/https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/brenda-delgado-arranges-murder-of-exs-new-girlfriend-kendra-hatcher |archive-date=Dec 21, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Oxygen Official Site |language=en-US}}</ref> Unbeknownst to Paniagua, Delgado had been monitoring his activities since their breakup. She had access to his email and [[iCloud]] passwords, a key to his apartment, and even used an app to track his cellphone location. Delgado meticulously documented Paniagua's new relationships, taking screenshots of text messages and airline reservations.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malhotra |first=Noor |date=2022-12-14 |title=Brenda Delgado: Where is Kendra Hatcher's Killer Now? |url=https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-brenda-delgado-now/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527214907/https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-brenda-delgado-now/ |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=The Cinemaholic |language=en-US}}</ref>



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Brenda Delgado
Brenda Delgado FBI Most Wanted Poster
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
Reward$100,000
Description
BornBrenda Berenice Delgado Reynaga
(1982-06-18) June 18, 1982 (age 42)
Mexico
NationalityMexican
RaceHispanic
GenderFemale
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight145 lb (66 kg)
OccupationDental Hygienist
Status
ConvictionsCapital murder
PenaltyLife in prison without the possibility of parole
AddedApril 6, 2016
CaughtApril 8, 2016
Number506
Captured

Brenda Berenice Delgado Reynaga (born June 18, 1982) is a Mexican former fugitive who was wanted for orchestrating the murder-for-hire of dentist Dr. Kendra Hatcher in Dallas, Texas. On April 6, 2016, she was named by the FBI as the 506th fugitive, and ninth woman overall, to be placed on its Ten Most Wanted list.[1][2] On April 8, 2016, Delgado was captured in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.[3][4] She was later extradited from Mexico to the United States to face charges of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison.[5]

Background

Brenda Delgado was born in Central Mexico on June 18, 1982. Her father, Luis, wanting a better life for his family, brought his wife, Maria, and their five children to Dallas, Texas in 1982. Brenda was the second of five children and the only girl. After graduating Skyline High School, she got a job as a dental assistant, and took on a second job whitening teeth at a day spa while also attending church as a devout christian. She was described as someone who always wanted to make something of her life, working multiple jobs to attain her goals. She eventually moved out of her parents house and met Dr. Ricardo "Ricky" Paniagua through a dating app while he was going through his residency in Texas. After dating for nearly three years, Brenda learned she was pregnant, and after talking with Paniagua, she decided to have an abortion.[6] In her 30s, she pursued a degree to become a Dental Hygienist at Sanford-Brown.[7][8]

Murder-for-hire plot of Kendra Hatcher

Brenda Delgado and Dr. Ricardo "Ricky" Paniagua had been in a relationship for over two years. However, their relationship ended in February 2015 when Paniagua decided to break things off. Despite the breakup, they remained in contact, with Delgado believing there was still a chance for reconciliation. By June 2015, he was in a new relationship with Kendra Hatcher and had informed Delgado via email that his new relationship was going very well.[9] Unbeknownst to Paniagua, Delgado had been monitoring his activities since their breakup. She had access to his email and iCloud passwords, a key to his apartment, and even used an app to track his cellphone location. Delgado meticulously documented Paniagua's new relationships, taking screenshots of text messages and airline reservations.[6][10]

On September 2, 2015, the day before Hatcher was set to fly to Cancún with Paniagua for a long weekend, she was shot and killed in the parking garage of her apartment complex. Initially thought to be a robbery gone wrong, the investigation quickly revealed that it was an execution. Within a week, Dallas Police detectives uncovered evidence suggesting that Delgado had orchestrated a murder-for-hire scheme. Unable to accept Paniagua's new relationship with Hatcher, Delgado recruited two individuals, a single mother named Crystal Cortes and a small-time marijuana dealer named Kristopher Love, to carry out the killing. Both were subsequently arrested. Delgado, in fear of her own arrest, fled to Mexico. The FBI offered $100,000 for information leading to her arrest or conviction.[11]

Crystal Cortes, the accomplice who drove the getaway car for $500, pleaded guilty in October 2018 and was sentenced to 35 years in prison in exchange for her cooperation as the star witness against Delgado and the shooter, Kristopher Love. Evidence showed that Delgado had convinced Love to join the murder-for-hire scheme by promising him money and drugs totaling around $3,000 using her supposed cartel connections.[12] On October 31, 2018, he was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for his role.[13][14] He is now on death row in Texas' Allan B. Polunsky facility, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.[15]

On April 8, 2016, Delgado was arrested in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico by agents of the Mexican Attorney General's Office and Criminal Investigations Agency with support from the FBI Attaché in Mexico City.[3][16] On October 6, 2016, she was extradited to the United States to stand trial.[5][4] Due to Mexico's stance on the death penalty, as part of the agreement for extradition, prosecutors could not pursue the death penalty and instead pursued life in prison. It took the jury only 20 minutes to return a guilty verdict for Delgado.[17] She is serving her sentence at the William P. Hobby Unit, "Hobby," a women's prison in Marlin, Texas.[15]

References

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