Eloy Loy

Case details

Eloy Loy was convicted in a case involving the rape and killing of his 12-year-old niece, Monique Arroyo.

The offence

Monique Arroyo was described as a 12-year-old. Loy raped and asphyxiated his 12-year-old niece and dumped her body in a Wilmington field. Monique was described as having been found with a drop of her blood, and her body was described as nude and dead when found. Monique was also described as being brutally murdered, mutilated, and sexually molested.

Loy had two prior rape convictions. One of Loy’s prior victims was 16. Loy was deemed a high-risk sex offender. Loy refused to come to court for his sentencing.

Investigation

The prosecution said Loy’s palm print was found on the doorjamb of Monique’s room. A drop of Monique’s blood was found inside the trunk of Loy’s car. Carpet fibers from the vehicle were found on the comforter covering Monique’s body.

Detective Dickie Simmons brought the family the answer that a young, nude, dead female body had been found in an empty dirt lot that fit Monique’s physical description. The family described an investigation indicating that Eloy Loy was the murderer.

Arrest

No arrest details were provided in the record.

Trial

The family described that jury selection began on Monique’s fifteenth birthday. The family described that the trial started on Friday the thirteenth of the same month and lasted ten days. The family described that there were two days of deliberation, resulting in a conviction of murder in the first degree with special circumstances of performing lewd and lascivious acts on a minor under the age of fourteen. The family described that the penalty phase of the trial took less than a day of deliberations and rendered the death penalty.

Sentencing

The death penalty was rendered at the penalty phase of the trial. Loy was sentenced to death on January 14, 1999.

Appeals

No appeal details were provided in the record.

Outcome

Loy was sentenced to death.

Aftermath

The family described Monique as a “happy Catholic-school cheerleader.” The family described Monique’s excitement about a movie being filmed at their house and the film director agreeing to let her be in the movie. The family described that on Thursday May 9, while Jose Gilberto Arroyo was at work, his wife received an emergency call that their daughter had disappeared and that there was a possibility she had been kidnapped. The family described that television news stations flashed the news of Monique’s disappearance and that for the next two days a large search occurred. The family described that on the third day, Jose Gilberto Arroyo’s wife, Rosalina, told television news cameras: “Monique, if you are alive, please come home right away!....DON'T DO THIS TO US!....I am your mother!....We love you very much!....I want you to be home by tomorrow because it will be Mother's Day!....I want you back by Mother's Day.”

The family described that on Sunday evening, May 12th, Detective Dickie Simmons brought the answer that a young, nude, DEAD female body had been found in an empty dirt lot. The family described that the investigation indicated the murderer was Monique’s uncle, Eloy Loy. The family described Loy as having a “startling record of sex offense crimes with other female minors” and being considered “one of the worst pedophiles” along with a group of nine hundred other prisoners, according to the California State prison system. The family described that they did not know beforehand all the details of Loy’s dangerous record or when Loy was to be paroled after only serving fourteen years of his twenty-eight year prison sentence for his prior vicious sex crime. The family described that Monique’s mother and Jose Gilberto Arroyo sensed something evil and very horrible had been done to Monique. The family described that Loy will “never have the opportunity to harm another innocent child on this earth again for as long as he exists!” and that he would die in prison “either at the hands of other prisoners, by suicide or whenever his execution occurs for what he did to my daughter.”

People involved

Defendant

• Eloy Loy

Victim

• Monique Arroyo (12-year-old niece)

Victim’s relatives and speakers

• Jose Gilberto Arroyo
• Rosalina (Monique’s mother)

Investigator

• Detective Dickie Simmons

Other details

The family described Monique’s birthday as fifteenth birthday being the time when jury selection began. The family described that the trial started on Friday the thirteenth of the same month. The family described that the conviction was for murder in the first degree with special circumstances of performing lewd and lascivious acts on a minor under the age of fourteen. The family described the penalty phase rendered the death penalty.