After witnessing his girlfriend's murder, a man was forced to don the victim's dress and wig before the suspects made him drive deep into the Florida mangroves to dump her body, prosecutors say.

The investigation began shortly after 9 p.m. Friday when that man walked into the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office to report the murder of his girlfriend, 41-year-old Hiojaira Mercedes Velez-Bonilla.

He had a grim tale to tell.

According to him, Velez-Bonilla lived with her two teenage sons and her cousin, 37-year-old Giselle Marie Santiago Bonilla, who recently moved into the home in the 11000 block of Maybrook Avenue in Riverview, near Tampa. Early Friday morning, Velez-Bonilla and her cousin's boyfriend, 42-year-old Arnaldo Cintron, got into a verbal argument about paying bills and comple

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