Sunrise man accused of disemboweling girlfriend during sex pleads not guilty

Lopez, 24, accused of disemboweling girlfriend after she screamed ex-husband's name during sex

A Sunrise man is accused of disemboweling his girlfriend after she screamed out her ex-husband's name twice while they were having sex.

SUNRISE, Fla. – A Sunrise man accused of disemboweling his girlfriend after she screamed her ex-husband's name twice during sex last month pleaded not guilty Monday, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

Fidel Lopez, 24, was arrested Sept. 20 on a murder charge. A grand jury later indicted him on charges of first-degree murder and two counts of sexual battery.

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Sunrise police said officers were called to Lopez's apartment early in the morning after he called 911 to say that his girlfriend was having trouble breathing and was going to die. When officers arrived, they found the naked body of Maria Nemeth on the bathroom floor next to a large amount of blood.

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According to the police report, there were "several chunks of bloody tissue on the floor inside the closet." Police said the closet door had been ripped out and was on the hallway floor, and there were holes in the drywall. Police said the rear sliding-glass door was shattered.

In the report, Lopez told detectives that he became a "monster" and admitted to ripping internal tissue out of her, including intestinal matter.

Detectives said Lopez claimed they were both drinking tequila and said Nemeth asked him to put a beer bottle and his fist inside her vagina during "rough sex."

Detectives said Lopez claimed he later found Nemeth in the bathroom and noticed that she wasn't breathing, so he decided to call 911.

Nemeth worked in the leasing office at the Colonnade Residences, where her body was found.

Lopez is being held without bond at the main Broward County jail.

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