'You're not a parent anymore... he's dead': The chilling text messages suicidal father sent to his ex-girlfriend in the final moments before he 'threw their baby son off a bridge'

  • Tony Moreno, 22, admits throwing his seven-month-old son, Aaden, off Connecticut's Arrigoni Bridge - before jumping himself, officials say
  • On night of alleged murder, he sent chilling texts to his former girlfriend
  • He told Adrianne Oyola: 'Enjoy your new life without us' and 'He's dead'
  • An increasingly panicked Oyola begged for information about their child
  • As Moreno fell silent, she text him: 'Please don't hurt Aaden... Please!!!'
  • On Tuesday, Aaden was found dead in Connecticut River 15 miles away
  • Moreno was rescued from water and is now alert and stable in hospital
  • He has been charged with murder and is being held on $2million bond 
  • Oyola had obtained a restraining order against Moreno but it was overturned on June 29

A series of chilling text messages that a suicidal father sent to his increasingly panicked ex-girlfriend in the final moments before he allegedly threw their baby son to his death off a bridge has emerged.

As he stood on Connecticut's Arrigoni Bridge with his seven-month-old son Aaden on Sunday night, Tony Moreno, 22, exchanged dozens of texts with his former partner, 19-year-old Adrianne Oyola.

In separate messages, he told her: 'Enjoy your new life without us', 'There is no more days [sic]' and 'You're not a parent anymore' - prompting Oyola to frantically ask about her son's whereabouts.

Moreno then wrote: 'He's dead', followed by 'And soon I will be too.' Shortly after, the father apparently leaped from the 90ft bridge himself - having already hurled Aaden into the water below.

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'Murderer': Tony Moreno sent his ex-girlfriend a series of chilling text messages in the final moments before he allegedly threw their baby son to his death off a Connecticut bridge. Above, the suspect is seen in hospital on Wednesday, sporting facial bruising that he sustained when he leaped off the bridge after 'killing his son'

'Murderer': Tony Moreno sent his ex-girlfriend a series of chilling text messages in the final moments before he allegedly threw their baby son to his death off a Connecticut bridge. Above, the suspect is seen in hospital on Wednesday, sporting facial bruising that he sustained when he leaped off the bridge after 'killing his son'

Mother and son: As he stood on Connecticut's Arrigoni Bridge with his seven-month-old son Aaden on Sunday night,  Moreno, 22, exchanged dozens of texts with his former partner, Adrianne Oyola (pictured with Aaden)

Mother and son: As he stood on Connecticut's Arrigoni Bridge with his seven-month-old son Aaden on Sunday night, Moreno, 22, exchanged dozens of texts with his former partner, Adrianne Oyola (pictured with Aaden)

Tragic: Moreno told Oyola via text 'Enjoy your new life without us', 'There is no more days [sic]' and 'You're not a parent anymore' before he reportedly threw Aaden, pictured, off the bridge and then plunged in himself

Tragic: Moreno told Oyola via text 'Enjoy your new life without us', 'There is no more days [sic]' and 'You're not a parent anymore' before he reportedly threw Aaden, pictured, off the bridge and then plunged in himself

As Moreno fell silent, Oyola typed out a string of emotional messages to her ex-boyfriend, writing: 'Don't f****** talk like that,' 'You couldn't kill your own son!' and 'Please don't hurt Aaden... Please!!!'

Later that night, she was told by police that her child had likely died after Moreno's mother allegedly received a call from Moreno saying he was going to jump off the bridge, and called 911.

When officials arrived at the scene, they saw Moreno leap over the railing and plunge into the water below, it is reported. Aaden was nowhere to be seen, but his empty stroller was sat on the bridge.

Moreno was rescued from the water and rushed to hospital in a serious condition. Although he initially refused to speak to police in hospital, he eventually confessed to the crime, CBS reported. 

Scene: Moreno's then wrote: 'He's dead', followed by 'And soon I will be too.' Shortly after, the suicidal father apparently leaped from the 90ft bridge (pictured on Monday during the search for Aaden's body)

Scene: Moreno's then wrote: 'He's dead', followed by 'And soon I will be too.' Shortly after, the suicidal father apparently leaped from the 90ft bridge (pictured on Monday during the search for Aaden's body)

Aaden's body was recovered from Connecticut River about 15 miles away from the bridge 

Aaden's body was recovered from Connecticut River about 15 miles away from the bridge 

Oyola frantically messaged her partner back saying 'you couldn't kill your own son!' and 'please don't hurt Aaden... Please!!!' Aaden is pictured here

Oyola frantically messaged her partner back saying 'you couldn't kill your own son!' and 'please don't hurt Aaden... Please!!!' Aaden is pictured here

An officer apparently used a basketball analogy when speaking to Moreno to establish how far he had thrown his son from the bridge's railing, and subsequently help crews to find Aaden's body. 

'Tony said that it was more like a free throw distance from the railing,' the officer reported.

On Tuesday evening, Aaden's body was recovered from the Connecticut River, near East Haddam, around 15 miles from the bridge.

Moreno, who is currently in an alert and stable condition at Hartford Hospital, has been charged with Aaden's murder. He is being held at the hospital on $2million bond, officials said.

The shocking text messages that he exchanged with Oyola, who lives in Middletown, Connecticut, in the minutes leading up to the alleged murder were published by Fox CT on Thursday. 

At one point in the exchange, Oyola told Moreno: 'Good night I'll talk to you tomorrow or Tuesday.' 

'HE'S DEAD... AND SOON I WILL BE TOO': TONY MORENO'S CHILLING FINAL TEXT MESSAGES ON THE NIGHT HE 'THREW HIS YOUNG SON OFF A BRIDGE'

This transcript, published by FOX CT, shows the text messages Tony Moreno sent to his ex-girlfriend, Adrianne Oyola, on the night he allegedly threw their son off a bridge.

The messages were exchanged between 11.18pm and 11.53pm on Sunday, July 5. 

'A' refers to Adrianne, while 'T' refers to Tony. The messages are unedited. 

11:18pm T to A: I really need to talk to you

11:21pm A to T: I was trying to talk to my friend. She just broke up with her boyfriend and wanted to talk to me Sorry I’m trying to be a good friend

11:21pm T to A: Well I’m sorry there was a problem regarding our son

11:22pm A to T: What’s going on.

11:23pm A to T: ?!

11:23pm A to T: Why didn’t you say that instead of saying I need to talk to you.

11:23pm T to A: Clearly nothing that matters to you. And why would I say I NEED to talk to you if it wasn’t important

11:24pm A to T: What was the matter?

11:26pm T to A: Don’t worry, you’ll see later. Just remember I tried contact you first

11:26pm A to T: Just tell me!

11:27pm A to T: Are you in the hospital?

11:29pm T to A: No, and again it doesn’t matter now. Just remember you wanted to play games and lie and be childish when I tried to reach out

11:30pm A to T: Okay Tony. Good night I’ll talk to you tomorrow or Tuesday

11:30pm T to A: No you won’t

11:30pm A to T: What do you mean no?!

11:32pm T to A: You won’t talk to me tomorrow or any other day

11:33pm A to T: Tuesday is my day. So yes I’ll text you in the morning to see when you’ll be dropping off Aaden

11:33pm T to A: I won’t be

11:33pm A to T: Tuesday is my day

11:34pm T to A: There is no more days Adrienne

11:34pm A to T: Wtf you mean?!

11:35pm T to A: Enjoy your new life without us

11:35pm A to T: You can’t just decide not to bring him back Tony

11:37pm A to T: It says in the agreement that Tuesday is my day

11:38pm A to T: You can’t just not bring him!

11:39pm A to T: Tony!!!!

11:41pm A to T: Seriously. Don’t play around like that. Please don’t try and take him from me!!!!

11:41pm T to A: You tried to take him away from me. You failed. I didn’t

11:42pm T to A: Enjoy your life without us now

11:42pm A to T: Where are you?!

11:43pm A to T: Tony I’m trying to make this co parent thing work!

11:44pm T to A: Your not a parent anymore

11:44pm A to T: I’m trying to get along with you for Aaden and your guns do this?!

11:44pm A to T: You can’t just up and leave with Aaden

11:45pm A to T: Where are you!

11:45pm A to T: Where’s Aaden?

11:45pm T to A: He’s dead

11:45pm T to A: And soon I will be too

11:45pm A to T: Don’t day that!!!!

11:46pm A to T: Your playing right now! Please tell me your kidding!!!!!!!!

11:48pm A to T: Your ****** kidding me!!!!!!

11:49pm A to T: Don’t ******* talk like that

11:49pm A to T: You couldn’t kill your own son!

11:50pm A to T: Tony

11:52pm A to T: Please don’t hurt Aaden

11:53pm A to T: Please!!!!!!!! 

Her ex-boyfriend bluntly replied: 'No you won't.'

At another point, Moreno told Oyola he had tried to speak to her but she hadn't listened. 'Just remember you wanted to play games and lie and be childish when I tried to reach out,' he wrote.

In response, his ex-girlfriend told him she had really tried to 'make this co-parent thing work'. 

It comes as it has emerged that Middletown Police Department officers applied for an arrest warrant for Moreno on June 25 over an alleged violation of a restraining order - but had it sent back.

They were told to make revisions, Lt. Heather Desmond told CBS.

The warrant was finally signed this week - but Aaden was already dead.

Oyola, who lived with Moreno and his family until June 17, reportedly told police officers that she and her ex-boyfriend had not been getting along in the months leading up to Sunday's incident.

'Abusive': On June 17, Oyola successfully applied for a restraining order against her then-boyfriend, claiming Moreno had acted violently toward her. She appeared in court again on June 29 and asked the judge to extend the order. But this time, Superior Court Judge Barry Pinkus. Above court papers from the June 29 hearing

'Abusive': On June 17, Oyola successfully applied for a restraining order against her then-boyfriend, claiming Moreno had acted violently toward her. She appeared in court again on June 29 and asked the judge to extend the order. But this time, Superior Court Judge Barry Pinkus. Above court papers from the June 29 hearing

Oyola said Moreno  acted violently toward her, hid her graduation dress and made threats involving their son

Oyola said Moreno acted violently toward her, hid her graduation dress and made threats involving their son

She applied for a restraining order against her then-boyfriend on June 17, claiming Moreno had acted violently toward her, hidden her graduation dress and made threats involving their baby son.

'He has told me he could make my son disappear anytime of the day,' she told the court. 'He told me how he could make me disappear, told me how he could kill me. I sometimes am scared to sleep. He told me he would put me in the ground and put something on me to make me disintegrate faster.'

She added that Moreno would often slap her and verbally abuse her by calling her 'ugly' or 'stupid'. 

The restraining order was granted on a temporary basis, KDVR reported.

However, on June 29, Oyola appeared in court again and asked the judge to extend the order.

'He's constantly... calling me names, constantly shoving me around and just abusive,' she said. 

Oyola, pictured, had obtained a restraining order against her former partner Moreno but this was lifted on June 29  

Oyola, pictured, had obtained a restraining order against her former partner Moreno but this was lifted on June 29  

Tearful: Elizabeth Oyola, left, and Vivian McNeil, both aunts of  Aaden Moreno, are pictured speaking at a vigil on Wednesday evening at the South Congregational Church on Pleasant Street in Middletown, Connecticut

Tearful: Elizabeth Oyola, left, and Vivian McNeil, both aunts of Aaden Moreno, are pictured speaking at a vigil on Wednesday evening at the South Congregational Church on Pleasant Street in Middletown, Connecticut

This time, Superior Court Judge Barry Pinkus denied her request, court documents show. 

He ruled that the pair needed to 'figure out' their relationship for Aaden's sake and 'grow up and deal with each other as adults' - but did not find that there was no imminent threat to Oyola or Aaden.

In his ruling, Judge Pinkus said: 'I think the two of you don't have a good relationship. I'm just not convinced that there's a continuous threat of present physical pain of physical injury.'

Oyola and Moreno subsequently agreed on a custody plan themselves. However, Oyola was not happy with one element in it - which led to their text message argument on Sunday night, she said.

The pair texted each other for just under 25 minute before the fatal incident. 

Elizabeth, an aunt of Aaden Moreno, hugs a family member after reading a brief letter prepared by the baby's mother Oyola, at a vigil held Wednesday evening at South Congregational Church in Middletown

Elizabeth, an aunt of Aaden Moreno, hugs a family member after reading a brief letter prepared by the baby's mother Oyola, at a vigil held Wednesday evening at South Congregational Church in Middletown

Tribute: Candles are lit for seven-month-old Aaden outside his Middletown, Connecticut, home on Wednesday

Tribute: Candles are lit for seven-month-old Aaden outside his Middletown, Connecticut, home on Wednesday

Gathering: Neighbors and friends gather to reflect and pray for Aaden outside his home following his death

Gathering: Neighbors and friends gather to reflect and pray for Aaden outside his home following his death

Speaking to the Harford Courant after Aaden's death, State Senator Mae Flexer condemned the court's June 29 ruling, saying: 'This tragedy was preventable and I am again calling for increased training requirements for all judges and court personnel who work with victims of domestic violence.

'For years I have been working to increase training requirements for judges and any such requirements have been met with great resistance by the Judicial Branch. 

'Failure to protect this baby when the signs were so clear is unacceptable.'  

Lt. Desmond said police officers' thoughts 'are with Aaden and his family at this time of sorrow'.

Moreno is also charged with two counts of violating a restraining order. 

Search: Police are seen combing the river to find Aaden's body after he was thrown off a bridge on Sunday. He was  found on Tuesday

Search: Police are seen combing the river to find Aaden's body after he was thrown off a bridge on Sunday. He was found on Tuesday

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