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SHOOTING AND SHOOTING WAS NOT JUSTIFIED. MARVIN ESQUIVEL LOPEZ IS THE FALSE NAME DM POLICE SAY THEY GOT FROM DM’S LATEST MURDER SUSPECT, BUT FEDERAL ICE AUTHORITIES SAY HIS NAME IS ACTUALLY MARVIN ESCOBAR ORELLANA. HE APPEARED BEFORE A JUDGE IN POLK COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. ORELLANA IS CHARGED WITH 3 COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. NEW COURT DOCUMENTS SAY HE SHOT 29-YEAR-OLD ROSSIBETH FLORES RODRIGUEZ WITH A HANDGUN. AND AFTER SHE DIED, HE SHOT AND KILLED HER CHILDREN 11-YEAR-OLD GRECIA DANIELA ALVARDO FLORES AND 5-YEAR-OLD EVER JOSE MEJIA FLORES. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THIS TOWNHOUSE JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN DES MOINES. HE WAS LIVING WITH THE FAMILY, BUT POLICE SAY HE HAD NO DOMESTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. BUT ORELLANA TOLD POLICE HE KILLED THE MOTHER BECAUSE SHE HAD SHOT AND KILLED HER CHILDREN. AND HE ONLY SHOT HER IN SELF DEFENSE. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE A WITNESS WHO SAYS THAT IS NOT TRUE. ORELLANA, WITH THE HELP OF AN INTERPRETER ASKED THE JUDGE , ABOUT THAT IN COURT. >> ¿POR QUE UNA PERSON WHY ARE THEY CHARGING ME WITH 3 MURDERS IF I ONLY DEFENDED MYSELF FROM ONE PERSON?

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Police confirmed they are investigating claims of sexual harassment between the Des Moines mother who was shot to death and her alleged killer.Rossibeth Flores-Rodriguez and her two children, lived in the basement of suspect, Marvin Escobar-Orellana's home. Escobar-Orellana also lived in the town home with his wife and two children.Flores-Rodriguez had texted family and friends living in Honduras, where she had come from three months prior, that she didn't feel safe in the house.Wil Melgar of Conexion Latina, a Lantix media outlet, said Flores-Rodriguez messaged her friends saying, "Hey I want to get out of this house because I don't feel safe here." On Tuesday, she and her two children were shot and killed in the home. Escobar-Orellana appeared in court Thursday. He has been charged with three counts of murder. Court documents say Escobar-Orellana shot Flores-Rodriguez with a hand gun, before shooting her two children 11-year-old Grecia Daniela Alvardo Flores and 5-year-old Ever Jose Mejia Flores.Escobar-Orellana claimed she killed her two children and he shot her in self defense. Police say they have a witness that says Escobar-Orellana's claim is not true.Officials say Escobar-Orellana used an alias when returning to the United States after being deported. Marvin Oswaldo Esquivel-Lopez gave this name to local police. However, Immigration and Customs Enforcement say his real name is Marvin Escobar-Orellana.ICE says Escobar-Orellana was deported twice and convicted on federal offense under the name Marvin Escobar-Orellana. "Escobar-Orellana was previously removed (deported) from the United States 2010 and again in 2011. He has a prior federal conviction for illegal entry into the United States in 2010. He is not currently in ICE custody," said Shawn Neudauer, ICE spokesman.ICE has placed a federal hold on Escobar-Orellana. If an individual was deported and reenters the United States, they could face up to 20 years in federal prison depending on their criminality according to ICE. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help bring the bodies to Honduras.