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Florida man, Noel Mestre, 50, charged after killing wife with homemade bomb, detonated near a car with spouse inside, after argument

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ee9a49435d257117a4736f6dbe4dcacd" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a2626&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Husband allegedly killed wife with homemade bomb inside car after argument in Miami&comma; Florida just before 6 AM on Feb&period; 1 <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b1e01ad7e025e38cb49fcfff380b16aa" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a2626&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Noel Ruiz Mestre&comma; 50&comma; allegedly set off the homemade explosive device near the vehicle&comma; with his wife later found inside<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-70493b01fc2d26d4860b71205dcee728" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a2626&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>&ast;<strong>Law enforcement sources said Ruiz Mestre is facing second-degree murder and arson charges and will be taken to jail after recovery<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7a0285d5e6e51459adf9450da22dd68b" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a2626&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The couple had been arguing inside the car&comma; when the wife tried to get out but was unable to&comma; moments later&comma; Mestre got out and set off the homemade device near the vehicle<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c1dc32673c7f8bd14c0677461444068f" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a2626&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Suspect who <strong> also had burn injuries from the blast&comma; <&sol;strong>then ran inside his home&comma; changed his clothes&comma; stabbed himself in the stomach with a knife<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-187cfbf07372cf9c3fa7ed70e114fd21" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3a2626&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Mestre fled the scene&comma; but later called 911 for help with his injuries&ast;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Noel-Ruiz-Mestre-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-475287" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Noel Ruiz Mestre&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; is accused of setting off a homemade explosive device near the vehicle on a Miami street on Feb 1&period; His wife was found inside after the flame was put out&period; The pair had been arguing earlier<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Police say a man intentionally set his car on fire with his spouse still inside&period; Home doorbell cameras captured the blast in a Hialeah Gardens neighborhood in Miami&period; <br>Shocking footage shows the moment a car exploded in Florida&comma; killing a woman who police believe was targeted by her husband&period;<br>Doorbell footage from a neighboring home shows that the car was parked on a road in the Miami suburbs of Hialeah Gardens when it erupted into a fireball just before 6 a&period;m&period; on Feb&period; 1&period;<br>The explosion was outside the home of Noel Ruiz Mestre&comma; 50&comma; who police now allege intentionally detonated a homemade bomb while his wife was sitting in the passenger seat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Noel-Ruiz-Mestre-set-car-on-fire-with-his-wife-inside-5&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-475293"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong> Footage shows a car parked on a road in the Hialeah Gardens&comma; a <strong>Miami suburb&comma; <&sol;strong>erupting in flames around 6 am in the morning of February 1<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Noel-Ruiz-Mestre-set-car-on-fire-with-his-wife-inside-6&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-475302" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Police say <strong>Mestre<&sol;strong> intentionally set his car on fire with his wife still inside&period; <strong>Home doorbell cameras captured the blast in a Hialeah Gardens neighborhood of Miami<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>His wife&comma; who has not publicly been identified&comma; was killed in the blast&period;<br>The couple&&num;8217&semi;s relationship had been marked by recent conflicts&comma; possibly related to an alleged infidelity by the woman and according to an arrest form&comma; on Saturday morning the couple got in the car and drove away from their home when the vehicle suddenly stopped&period;<br>The husband and wife had been arguing inside the car&comma; and the woman tried to get out but was unable to&comma; police said&period; <br>Moments later&comma; her husband got out and allegedly set off the homemade explosive device near the vehicle&period; His wife was later found inside torched automobile&comma; reportedly &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;burned beyond recognition”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Noel-Ruiz-Mestre-set-car-on-fire-with-his-wife-inside-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-475292"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Neighbors door cameras captured the moment the device exploded beside car with a woman sitting inside &&num;8211&semi; she was inside&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;burned beyond recognition”<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There was a dispute inside the car&comma; and the spouse tried to get out but was unable to&comma; and they continued arguing&period;<br>After setting off the explosion Ruiz Mestre allegedly ran inside his home&comma; changed his clothes&comma; and stabbed himself in the stomach with a knife&comma; then fled the scene but later called 911 for help with his injuries&comma; detectives said&period;<br>When the firefighters arrived at the scene&comma; they found the vehicle engulfed in flames&period; In the front passenger seat&comma; they discovered the charred body of the victim&comma; who was completely unrecognizable due to the severe burns&period;<br>The alleged arsonist also suffered burns from the explosion and was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;02&sol;Noel-Ruiz-Mestre-set-car-on-fire-with-his-wife-inside-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-475290"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>The woman in the vehicle was killed in the blast&period; Police say the victim&&num;8217&semi;s husband intentionally set off the explosion with the intention of killing her<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Authorities have already brought charges of second-degree murder and first-degree arson against Ruiz Mestre&period; He remains hospitalized&comma; but will be taken to jail after he recovers&comma; detectives said&period;<br>One of the couple&&num;8217&semi;s neighbors&comma; Miguel Hernandez who was sleeping when the bomb went off&comma; recalls being awakened by the sheer force it let off after being detonated&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I get up&comma; and I was like&comma; what’s happening&quest; Because the explosion was too&comma; too&comma; too loud&comma;” Hernandez said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was not a &OpenCurlyQuote;pow pow’ it was &OpenCurlyQuote;bah bah&period;&&num;8217&semi;”<br>Hernandez said he looked outside to see the car engulfed in flames but was unaware that somebody was inside&comma; expressing his shock when he found later out Mestre’s wife had died in the blast&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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