Have the subject step out of the house without the firearm or the contraband. I I I wish I could go back in time. Mhm. But I can't. It was supposed to be the best of times for the Prestol family. A brand new dream home, a fresh [music] start, and then a 911 call that changed everything. He called 911 to tell Charlotte County deputies he killed his wife at their Holtville Avenue home in Port Charlotte. [music] The kids were in the home at the time. What began as hopeful anticipation ultimately gave way to devastating regret. >> [music] >> We were so happy together. Port Charlotte is your classic Southwest Florida sweet spot. It sits just south of the money, close enough to Venice and Sarasota that you can hit the Gulf beaches whenever you want, but far enough away that you aren't paying that waterfront premium. It's the kind of place where a family can actually afford the American dream. And it's where the Prestol family chose to settle for the next season of their lives. 46-year-old Rogelio and his wife, 40-year-old Cassandra, had built what [music] from the outside looked like a pretty solid life together. Cassandra was impressive on paper. She studied at Miami Dade College, held a real estate license, and worked as a mortgage loan officer. 20 years of combined experience in [music] real estate finance and as a realtor, bilingual language skills, and highly motivated. She was the kind of person who knew how to get things done, and things were moving. In July 2024, the family dropped $446,000 on a brand new, [music] sprawling luxury home in Port Charlotte. It was pristine, it was spacious, and it was supposed to be their sanctuary. To fund it, the Prestos flipped [music] their starter home in Cape Coral. After buying it for $125,000, they sold it for 340,000. Not a bad return. The new house was a significant upgrade in size, >> [music] >> in amenities, in everything. On the surface, it looked like the Prestos had arrived, but new houses don't fix old problems. You see, underneath it all, something had been quietly festering for a long time, and according to Jasandra's family, it had everything to do with Rogelio. Smiling with her parents and brothers, it's not hard to see the love. Jasandra Presto was a loyal, loving mother, daughter, and wife. So, she she was a loving uh was like the protector of the family. She was like the umbrella who protect every single one of us. I exclusively spoke with Jasandra's brother and family today. They want people to know the type of person she was before her life was taken. >> There's nothing we can do to repair that loss. My sister she was the umbrella. She was the light. She really loved coffee. She always was there for me and for my brothers, and we were there for her. But, you know it's tough when you when you are in a relationship, when [snorts] people are married, it's It's to get involved. The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office says Jasandra was shot to death by her husband, Rogelio Presto, on Sunday night with their two kids in the home. >> He was upset, especially when he knew that he she doesn't want to be with him. That they want to she want to separate from him because her whole life it was controlling. His jealousy and their obsession it was big. He told me a few weeks ago, "If I'm not with her, I can't be with anybody." By September 2024, Jasandra had had enough and quietly started the process of filing for divorce. Two months later, she told Rogelio, who did not take it well. The bad blood simmered for weeks and on Sunday, January 26th, 2025, just months after buying that brand new home, an argument between them would end in disaster. It was a peaceful Sunday evening. 63°, the kind of calm, temperate January night that Port Charlotte does well. Neighbors were settling in, the street was quiet. But inside the Presto's brand new home, an ugly, but familiar argument had broken out. Voices rose, the kind that carry through walls and down hallways. Tension that had been building since September, through November, through the holidays, through the move into that beautiful new house, all of it came crashing to the surface at once. And suddenly, the neighborhood wasn't so quiet anymore. Moments after the shots rang out, roughly 110 miles away in Hillsborough County, a phone rang. On the receiving [music] end was Rogelio's younger brother, Caesar. Caesar could not believe his ears. It was surreal. It was devastating. Rogelio told him he had just committed a horrific act, something that could not be undone. He was calling to say goodbye as he believed he had no choice left but to take his own life. He asked if Caesar could come pick up the kids. Caesar did what he could from a distance. He talked his brother down and told him plainly, "Listen to me. [music] I'm on my way, but you need to call the police right now." At 7:24 p.m., the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from Rogelio [music] Prestol, who sounded eerily calm considering what he had just done. 911, what's the address of the emergency? Port Charlotte Avenue. Are you in the city of Port Charlotte there? No. I'm calling I'm calling because I want to report Okay. And then how did you do this? I did it with a gun. Tell me exactly what happened. Mhm. I have two minors here that um a family member is going to come um and be with them. I already told my family member to to take care of them because I know I'm going to go to jail. Okay. If you don't mind uh if I could just keep you on line though cuz they're going to be heading that way and I just want to be able to give you instructions if they give me some like, you know, if they want you to step out or what have you. Um >> Right. that sort of thing. I just I don't want anything to miscommunication somehow you you get harmed or something like that, okay? Okay. I just just keep with me here. Um Where Whereabouts are your kids? Are they in like a separate room or They they are here. They are actually listening to you right now. Okay. Both of them. Okay. And how old are they? Well, one is 15 a boy and the girl is um nine. Okay. According to the probable cause affidavit, [music] the couple's two children were in the house during the shooting. The 15-year-old was actually trying to de-escalate the situation. He was in such close proximity to the gunfire that [music] he witnessed the shooting first hand, later complaining of ear pain from the loud blasts. [music] Well, like I said, my my my brother I told my brother and he's he's coming to stay with the kids. Okay. How far away is he? Uh he should be like 2 hours away. He's already on his way. Okay. Uh how long ago had you called him? Um I don't remember. Maybe maybe like 30 minutes ago or something something like that. I don't I don't I don't remember. Okay. And now what kind of vehicle does he drive? I I don't know. He might be coming in a Tesla or he might be in a in a in a in a Lexus. Something like that. >> Okay. One of those two. No, I understand. I appreciate that. Yeah, just just so they know that him coming just so they can assist uh you know, everything going on. They're about to turn on your road here. Um They're coming up fast for you. >> just tell them that I mean no harm to them. I mean no harm to them. I'll put my hands up whatever you want. >> Mhm. I'll or I go to the ground. Okay. I am so sorry. I don't know why this life is so hard. No, I I understand I I I I can feel you're regretful for it and I understand there's a lot of emotions in that and I I appreciate you being calm with me and you know, being calm with them and that sort of thing. Um I we really appreciate it Just especially given the circumstances, I appreciate you um, being a little more level-headed than I I think you're doing good, you know, following some good advice from your brother and your kids and stuff like that just to maybe let us uh take a little handle of it rather than something happening to you, okay? Yes. Oh, yeah, I'm so sorry. My baby crying. And I I'm so sorry. Please come. Take me away. The There are Uh, let me just make sure they want you to step out. But I mean no harm to them, okay? I'm not going to do anything to them. No, I understand. They're not They're not responsible for any of this. Okay. What What kind of vehicle do you own? Do you have a a red truck out front? Yeah, yeah, that's my truck. Can I come out? Let me Let me just see. I sent the kids to the room. Okay. Okay. If you want to walk towards the front door, but just stay inside for just a second. Um, they're just uh having to do this >> I go to the door. Do you want me to turn on the lights so they can see better? Um, yeah, you you you can feel free to turn on the lights. Um, just uh don't exit just yet though, okay? Okay. Or they can come in. I'll I'll be sitting here. I'm I'm just sitting here in my couch. Okay. Just sit on the couch. Yeah. Okay. Now, I appreciate you staying on on the line here and I'll I'll give you an update here in a second. They should They'll probably be having you come out here in a moment. Um, they just They have to look around the house and stuff. They They know I'm on the line with you. It's just they they have certain procedures they have to follow just so no mistakes or any accidents or anything like that. They just want to make sure they follow correctly, okay? Okay. Uh, that's why I stayed with you on the phone cuz I can tell you when to to head out and then and then they'll um take over speaking with you from there, okay? Okay. Okay. I mean, it it seems obvious it was it was only the four of you that were in the house or did you have anybody else that lived there or anything? No, just me, my two kids. And then my wife, but No, I I just didn't know. I mean I I didn't hear anybody else mention anybody else there but that's why I didn't know Um you had no family or member or anything like that that lived there. No, no. Just give me 1 second cuz I'm hearing the radio they're talking I'm I'm imagining they'll probably have a dispatcher here in a second. Um Sure. Sure. And again I I do appreciate you being very calm about this. I know you got a lot of emotions going on and Um Yeah, I can't I can't I can't I can't imagine your your feelings right now but I do appreciate you uh being calm with me in that. Yeah. I I I wish I could go back in time. Mhm. But I can't. It's just so painful. No, no, I'm so sorry. I know I can't I can't imagine the kind of pain you're in um just with everything. Um It's it's a it's a lot. I'm I I know it can be a lot at least that I can empathize with you know that kind of feeling so what what room did you you have your kids go into or did you just go to their bedrooms or I told them to go to their bedrooms. Okay. Uh what part of the house is that is that for like their bedrooms? It is the the bedroom the the the the the girls' bedroom which is in the front of the house. Okay. I can come out if you want. I mean ask me whatever you need to ask me. No, absolutely. Um I don't know if we want any more uh now that this is even in the nap so we'll just have them speak with you and and that sort of thing, okay? Um Okay. I know it's it's a lot but I you know I prefer you not to have harm come to you as well. Um okay, they're they're wanting me to you to step out of the house um without that firearm and have your hands up, okay? This is okay. Keep me on the line as long as you can. Just have, you know, open that door and put your hands up. With the phone, also? Um if if you need to set down the phone, just do it like at the front door or something like that, okay? Um just keep me with you till you're to the front door. Just let me know you're stepping out and then I'll I'll disconnect and I'll speak with you, okay, sir? I'm going to leave it on the floor, you said? Yeah, you you can uh set your phone wherever you want or if you need to put your pocket or something like that. It's up to you if you want to set it on the Yeah, like a little counter. I'll leave it in my pocket and and I'll leave you on speaker, okay? Okay. No, absolutely. You come to me. Come forward. You come forward. You come forward. You come forward. Stop. With your right hand, lift up your shirt. Right hand only. Sorry. Sorry. Turn around. Stop. Drop to your knees. Put your hands up your head. All right, move forward. Don't move. I got cuffs. I got cuffs. I got cuffs. I'm so sorry, guys. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry, guys. Relax. Relax. Cuffs. Relax. I'm so sorry. I don't want to die. Stand up. Stand up. Okay. What's he doing leaning against this truck right here? Do you have anything on you? No. All right. I just sent you a picture. Perfect. Nothing? It's her phone. It's her phone. Is it your phone or her phone? No, that's her phone. Her phone? Okay. Yeah. Okay. Okay, [sighs and laughter] let's go out here. Let's go over to the vehicle. Uh You got Sergeant Wilson for the ride up. >> [sighs] >> Oh my god, I want to die. I want to die, guys. Um You got him for a second? Yeah. >> put him in the car right now. >> Yeah, let's go this way. We'll go walk. My car's all the way down here, but I'll we'll move it up. This way. My baby. My baby. I didn't want this to happen. I didn't want it. I'm so sorry. Can you hold here with him? I'm going to go grab my vehicle, and I'm going to bring it up right here. What's your name, sir? R O R O? G E L I O Yeah, uh Preston. P R E S T O L L? Yeah. Is Preston your last name? Yeah. What's your middle name? I don't have. Okay. What's your date of birth? January 14 1979 So, R O G E L I O P R E S T O L That's right. 114 of 1979 >> That's right, sir. >> Do you hold a Florida driver's license? I do. Okay. Okay. Hang tight with me, all right? Sure. Um Well, wait. We'll figure this out when we see what they want to do. If they want to take him to the office and interview him more. Yeah. I just got his name. That's it. So. Yeah. All right. I'll be back, man. I'll figure out what I need to do. Officers observed Jasandra lying face down on the walkway outside the residence. She was confirmed deceased by medical personnel. The children were eventually placed with Jasandra's family. Rogelio was taken into custody and transported for booking and questioning. During his interview with detectives, Rogelio gave his version of what led to that night. According to him, as far back as 2 months prior, he had begun to suspect Jasandra of infidelity. Suspicions, it's worth noting, that her family has flatly denied. He claims that when he confronted her about it, that's when she told him she wanted a divorce. Whether the suspicion was grounded in anything real didn't seem to matter. In his mind, it was real, and it festered. On the day of the shooting, whatever had been building finally boiled over. Rogelio demanded she unlock her phone so he could check whether she had been sending money to someone. She refused. So, he went and retrieved his 9-mm firearm, not to shoot her, he told detectives, but to force her hand, to make her comply. But she still refused. At some point during the confrontation, Rogelio blocked the doorway to the office, cutting off her way out. Trapped, Jasandra did the only thing she could think to do. She tried to climb out of the office window. >> [music] >> That's when he opened fire. By the following morning, January 27th, his case was already moving through the courts. At a pretrial detention hearing 1 week later, it took about 6 minutes for the judge to deny the accused killer bail. The judge ordered Prestell to have no contact with his children and in-laws. He's been behind bars ever since. Meanwhile, [music] the story had made the news and for a quiet community like Port Charlotte, where everybody pretty much knows everybody, it hit different. Always smiling. Always smiling. Really nice smile. >> I mean I mean, he seemed like a really nice guy and usually I have like feelers, you know? Never once got an inkling that he would be capable of doing something like this. I caught up with neighbors Tyler and Cindy Starr, who headed out on the water to escape the investigation unfolding right outside. There's like 50 cops outside our door. So, you know, like any other citizen, we ran to our window and looked out and there was a line of police with they had shields, they had AR-15s, they had shotguns and I noticed they were going um right down our road to our neighbor's house. The Starrs told me they knew Prestell as a happy family man and their kids go to school together. They said their heart goes out to the children. Both those kids they no longer have parents any longer and you know, it's just it's a tragedy for them. It's It's everyone's prayer at this moment that they can just get the help that they need and get the therapy that they're probably going to need. We were in shock yesterday as you can imagine. Tracy Kelly worked with Jasondra for 6 years at the Florida Mortgage Funding Group. He says she was a light in the office. Just just kind of that aura of a person that you would just love to be around all the time cuz she was just so uplifting and and happy and just sweet is the word. Sweet sweet person. Super sweet. Devastated by the news and overwhelmed with emotions, Jessundra's family members did their best to cope with the unthinkable. Smiling with her parents and brothers, it's not hard to see the love. Jessundra Presto was a loyal, loving mother, daughter, and wife. So, she she was a loving She was like the protector of the family. She was like the umbrella who protect every one of us. I exclusively spoke with Jessundra's brother and family today. They want people to know the type of person she was before her life was taken. >> There's nothing we can do to repair that loss. My sister she was the umbrella. She was the light. She really loved coffee. >> [laughter] [snorts] >> She always was there for me and for my brothers. And we were there for her. >> [snorts] >> But you know it's tough when you when you are in a relationship when [snorts] people are married it's tough to get involved when he knew that he she doesn't want to be with him. That they want to she want to separate from him because her whole life it was controlling. Her family said she was in the process of filing for a divorce and Presto couldn't deal with it. And the last person that she talked to was my mother. So, I don't know if he assumed that he was talking with somebody else. But his jealousy and the obsession it was big. He told me a few weeks ago, "If I'm not with her, I can't be with anybody." Jessundra's father spoke about the pain and loss the family is now going through without their only daughter. It is not going to be easy to overcome, to accept that emptiness. It won't be easy for us neither for her children or her husband. The hole is going to remain. On Valentine's Day 2025, Rogelio was officially charged with second-degree murder with a firearm. It's also worth noting that the docket flagged a habitual felony offender status, meaning this wasn't his first run-in with the law. Court records show an existing domestic legal matter out of Lee County dating back to 2023, the details of which are sealed from public view. Since then, the case has been in a holding pattern. Status hearings, doctor evaluations, Zoom appearances. As of right now, a competency hearing is scheduled for March 2026, and whatever comes out of that hearing will determine whether this case ever makes it to a jury. Realistically, if convicted at trial, Rogelio Prestol is looking at a mandatory minimum of 25 years with the very real possibility of life in prison, particularly given his prior record and the circumstances of the crime. >> [music] >> Jasandra Prestol was 40 years old. She was educated, accomplished, and entering the prime of her life. She had built a career, raised two children, and made the incredibly difficult decision to walk away from a marriage that was hurting her. She did everything right. She filed the paperwork. She made a plan. She was trying to get out. And that's exactly when it became most dangerous. What happened to Jasandra is not an isolated tragedy. It's a pattern, one that researchers, advocates, and law enforcement have documented time and time again. In intimate partner situations, the most dangerous moment for a woman is not while she stays. It's when she decides to leave. That decision, the one that takes the most courage, is statistically the one that puts her life at greatest risk. According to research published by the American Journal of Public Health and frequently cited by the National Domestic Violence Hotline, women are 75% more likely to be killed by an abusive partner in the weeks immediately following their departure than at any other point in the relationship. Jacendra had been quietly trying to leave for months and Rogelio knew it. A brand new home, a fresh start, a life that looked picture perfect from the outside. None of it mattered in the end. What mattered was control. [music] And when he felt that control slipping away, the consequences were devastating and [music] permanent. Two children lost their mother that night. A family lost someone they loved and the community was reminded painfully that danger doesn't always look the way we expect it to. Sometimes it lives behind closed doors in a beautiful new house on a quiet street.