Left inset: Anthony Errigo Jr. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office). Right inset: Kiersten Fabiani (Facebook). Background: The Arizona home where Phoenix laborer Anthony Errigo Jr. worked and allegedly killed his girlfriend Kiersten Fabiani (AZ Family/YouTube).
An Arizona man wearing a shirt that said "NITE NITE" on the front of it beat his girlfriend with a car jack stand and then left her to die underneath a truck at his workplace, cops say.
Phoenix police say Anthony Errigo Jr., 54, murdered 61-year-old Kiersten Fabiani at a home where he worked as a "hired laborer." The couple got into an argument and physical fight before Errigo picked up a "vehicle jack stand" and struck Fabiani on the head with it, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime. Errigo was caught on surveillance video hosing himself off after the Oct. 8 slaying, according to the affidavit.
"Anthony stated that he washed his hands and shoes to get rid of the victim's blood that spattered on him," the affidavit alleges. "He also said he had blood on his pants and shirt and believed that he threw them away."
Errigo allegedly "arranged a ride from the scene" and was dropped off at a friend's home after the killing. He told police he took Fabiani's cellphone and left it at the pal's home, according to the affidavit. Errigo allegedly said he turned the phone off so investigators could not track him.
Fabiani was later found at the home where she was killed "beneath a black pickup truck in the backyard," according to the affidavit.
"Her pants were pulled down to her thighs and her shirt was pushed above her bra," the affidavit says. "Multiple areas of blood were visible on several vehicles and on the ground throughout the scene."
Police were called, and Fabiani was rushed to a trauma hospital with multiple head lacerations, bleeding in her brain, fractured ribs and a neck injury consistent with strangulation. She was placed on life support but never regained consciousness, according to the affidavit.
The cause of death for Fabiani, who died on Oct. 18, was listed as blunt force trauma to the head. Errigo was arrested the following day and charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault and tampering with physical evidence.
Surveillance footage allegedly shows Errigo and Fabiani together around 6 a.m. on the day of the murder. The last time Fabiani appeared on video was at approximately 7:14 a.m., police say. About 16 minutes later, Errigo was seen alone washing his hands with the water hose. At 8:52 a.m., he allegedly used the hose to wash his white shoes. He was last seen on the property's cameras at about 9:10 a.m., according to the affidavit. Several people were inside the home and reported not seeing or hearing anything as Errigo calmly left the residence undetected, cops say.
Errigo later appeared on surveillance footage at a storage facility at about 10:36 a.m., wearing the same clothes he had worn at the crime scene, including a dark T-shirt bearing the words "NITE NITE" on the front, the affidavit says.
He was also carrying an unidentified cylindrical object that detectives said resembled an item seen in the backyard footage.
Fabiani's parents, Jackie and Edward Greenwood, told AZ Family they did not learn from police that their daughter was on life support. A relative reportedly informed them that Fabiani had been "beaten, murdered, and left in the streets of Phoenix," according to the local TV station.
"I'm heartbroken," Jackie Greenwood told AZ Family. "How can anybody treat another human being like that? How can you be evil?"
Fabiani's last contact with her family was on Oct. 6. She had lived in Arizona for about 15 years and had struggled with homelessness, according to her parents. They were helping pay for a motel as they worked toward getting her an RV, the couple says. According to police, Errigo had a history of domestic violence.
"We can't have Kiersten back, but I hope you pay for it," Jackie Greenwood said.
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