Man accused of plotting mayhem to win woman's love

During the 18 months of a long-distance relationship that was too platonic for his liking, a Cudahy welder gave an Illinois woman as much as $100,000, and even paid the rent and utilities on a home for her and her mother.

But 35-year-old Jimmy Santiago Dominguez, a confessed loser in love, couldn't win the heart of Elissa Rodriguez, who is 12 years his junior.

So last month, Dominguez hatched what authorities say was a criminal plot that he hoped would bring him and Rodriguez together.



The plan? Hire his roommate to kidnap Rodriguez, slash her face repeatedly with a utility knife and torch her Toyota.

That way, Dominguez reasoned, he could "be there for her," helping his disfigured angel recover from her wounds by giving her tender care and a brand new car.

The roommate, however, took his story to police and the police took Dominguez to jail, charging him with three felonies that could put him in prison for decades.

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