The alleged ‘Suitcase killer’ Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas claims she died when she hit her head during one last sex romp

Rojas, 24, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela is charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend Valerie Reyes in New Rochelle, NY and dumping the body in Greenwich Ct

Police say Rojas an illegal immigrant with dual citizenship in Venezuela and Portugal has admitted dumping her body but denied murdering her

Instead, he claims she fell and hit her head while the pair were having sex

The suspect admitted that he DID bind and gag her before dumping her body in a suitcase on a lonely Connecticut road

Reyes went missing from her home in New Rochelle, NY, on Jan 30 before her remains were found Feb 5

Police tracked Rojas down after he was caught using her bank card at an ATM

Reyes expressed fears someone would kill her the day before she disappeared

The first picture has emerged of the illegal immigrant accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and stuffing her body into a suitcase as police say he admitted dumping her remains but has denied murder.
Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas, 24, is accused of murdering Valerie Reyes, also 24, in New Rochelle, New York, before tying her up, stuffing her into a case, then leaving it by the side of a road in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Rojas was arrested at his condo on Tuesday and police say he told them that Reyes died after falling and hitting her head while the pair were having sex.
An image taken from his Instagram account shows the pair side by side in a CVS pharmacy a year ago.

Reyes [L-R], was reported missing on Jan 30 when she failed to turn up for work before her remains were discovered last week. Her ex Rojas claims she died during sex

Accidental death?: Rojas [photo]  told police that Valerie Reyes fell and hit her head during sex – killing her. He claims he then bound and gagged her, put her in a suitcase, and dumped her body in woodlands

The orange suitcase containing Reyes’ body was discovered by highway workers in Greenwich, Ct.,  around 8.15am on Feb 5. The 24-year-old was last seen on Jan 29 in New Rochelle, NY

Investigators say Rojas admits he then bound her hands and feet, put packing tape over her mouth, forced her body into a case, and abandoned it.
Rojas, an illegal immigrant with joint Venezuelan-Portuguese citizenship who was staying in Queens, was arrested Tuesday after police say he tried to use Reyes’ bank card to withdraw $1,000 from an ATM.
Reyes was reported missing on January 30 when she failed to turn up for work, before her body was found a week later, on February 5.

is he a cold-blooded killer: Rojas [L-R], an illegal immigrant, was arrested Tuesday after he tried to use Reyes’ bank card to withdraw $1,000 from an ATM, according to police. He is claiming the death was accidental during a sex romp

Reyes had reportedly dumped Rojas a week before she went missing, though her mother told police that the pair hadn’t been seeing each other for a year, according to the New York Post.
A source told CBS that Reyes was ‘killed at her residence’.
The arrest followed the police investigation of multiple crime scenes, reviewing hundreds of hours of surveillance footage, and interviews multiple potential witnesses, the Greenwich Police Department said in a press release on Tuesday.

Dark forebodings: In a haunting message sent to her mother the day before she vanished, Reyes said she feared someone was about to kill her

New Rochelle Police Detectives accompanied by Greenwich Police Detectives, arrested a suspect in New York who had fraudulently used the ATM card of homicide victim Valerie Reyes.
‘The arrested individual is also believed to be involved in the death of Valerie.
‘We are confident that the pursuit of justice for Valerie will be successful and we continue to work with the family to provide closure to this tragedy,’ the police statement said.

Missing person: Valerie Reyes is seen in photo issued by the NYPD while officers were searching for her after she was reported missing Jan 30

In a press conference on Tuesday Greenwich Police said that de Silva confessed to playing a role in the murder when he was questioned following his arrest.
He was described as being cooperative during his interview.
The investigation into Reyes’ death is ongoing as Capt. Berry said ‘there’s a lot of loose ends that need to be tied up’ during the conference.
De Silva was arrested in New York and the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan will reportedly handle the prosecution of the crime.
Reyes was reported missing after she failed to show up to work on January 29 in New Rochelle, New York and her body was found on February 5 stuffed in a red suitcase.
The victim predicted her killing, telling her mother on the phone that she feared she’d be killed on January 28, a day before she disappeared.

Pallbearers carry Reyes’ casket into her funeral mass at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church in New Rochelle, NY, on Tuesday

Reyes had reportedly broken up  with de Silva a week before she was killed

Her body dumped in a quiet and somewhat isolated area of Glenville, a wealthy suburb of Greenwich, Ct

‘She was very scared, very frightened,’ Sanchez told The Journal News.
‘She didn’t mention anything or no one specific. She just said, ‘I’m scared. I’m paranoid, mommy. I’m getting anxiety attacks, She was having a hard time talking.’
Sanchez says she desperately tried to pry for more information, but her daughter refused to specify why she felt that way.
Reyes, a Barnes & Noble store clerk, had broken up with her boyfriend five days earlier, according to Sanchez.
‘I asked her why do you feel this way? Was there someone at your house?’ Reyes’ mother said.
She asked about her daughter’s ex-boyfriend but still Reyes told her mother ‘no, it wasn’t him’.
Reyes did however reveal that she didn’t feel safe alone in her apartment, and expressed her concern at the murders of young women in the state.

NYPD had put out this appeal before the body was found, out of state in Connecticut

Police said previously that Reyes did not die at the location where she was found, but they did not know where she was killed.
According to The Journal, Reyes had taken her iPad, iPhone, clothes and bed sheets with her when she disappeared.
Last week Thursday a candlelit vigil was held in Reyes’ memory. Her funeral was on  Tuesday.