Jose Morales Convicted of Murdering Christine Holloway in 2019

Jose Morales was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, Christine Holloway, in their Ansonia, Connecticut apartment in December 2019 and tampering with evidence, with sentencing pending. During the trial, Morales claimed that two intruders killed Holloway and abducted their 1-year-old daughter, Vanessa, but police found no evidence to support his account. Instead, forensic evidence—including Holloway's blood in Morales' car and surveillance footage of him disposing of blood-stained items—implicated Morales. Morales admitted to using PCP the weekend of the murder and provided inconsistent statements to investigators. Vanessa Morales has been missing since the night of the killing; Morales remains a suspect in her disappearance but has not been charged. Prosecutors argued Morales intentionally killed Holloway and then spent over a day attempting to erase evidence of the crime.