The deranged ex-husband of Sydney nurse, Jovi Pilapil, has pleaded guilty to her savage stabbing and the brazen murder of her Tinder date, Keith Collins, while they were on a dinner date last year.
The pair met via the online dating site five days prior to meeting for a meal at Hornsby Westfield’s Kangnam BBQ on the evening of March 30.
But when Alexander Villaluna, 46,—who allegedly stalked, abused and threatened Ms Pilapil, 40, for nine years—eventually tracked them down, he stabbed Mr Collins, 53, to death, before turning to his ex wife.
Alexander Villaluna, 45, (left) has pleaded guilty to seriously injuring his ex-partner Jovi Pilapil (right) and murdering her Tinder date in Sydney in March 2016
Keith Collins (pictured), 53, was stabbed to death while having dinner with Jovi Pilapil, 40, at Hornsby Westfield’s Kangnam BBQ
It’s understood Mr Villaluna, who was also a nurse, made two attempts to locate his ex wife that evening, first contacting her relative and then her workplace, who phoned Ms Pilapil to warn her.
Facts tendered in court stated Mr Villaluna entered the restaurant wearing a camouflage backpack, cargo shorts and combat boots, before approaching Mr Collins from behind and asking, ‘What are you doing with my wife?’.
He then proceeded to stab him in the neck and his right side repeatedly until he collapsed to the ground.
Ms Pilapil’s attempt to defend herself failed when she was stabbed under her left breast and right arm, for which she later required surgery.
Keith Collins (left) and Ms Pilapil (right) were having dinner at Kangam BBQ restaurant at the Hornsby Westfield shopping centre on March 30, 2016 when Mr Villaluna attack them
At the time, it was alleged Ms Pilapil had taken out an apprehended violence order against Villaluna less than two months before the attack. Pictured are police at the scene of the crime
Agreed facts stated Mr Vilalluna ‘knelt on the deceased as he attempted to roll away and raised the knife before bringing it down in a two-handed grip several times into (Mr Collins’) torso.’
‘(Mr Collins) rolled over and did not move again and the offender got up and calmly walked out of the restaurant.’
The attack was witnessed by multiple diners and one recalled how the offender bizarrely ‘seemed perfectly calm’ despite being ‘completely covered in blood’.
Jovi Pilapil (pictured) was stabbed by her ex-husband, Alexander Villaluna, while she was on a first date with a man she met via online dating site, Tinder
Mr Vilalluna sat on the edge of a fountain where its understood he called Ms Pilapil’s daughter who he told: ‘I think I killed the guy. I stabbed (her).’
At the time, it was alleged Ms Pilapil had taken out an apprehended violence order against Mr Villaluna less than two months before the attack.
She’d also received flowers from him two weeks prior, but believed they were from a ‘secret admirer’.
Mr Collins, who was a businessman from Terrigal, fathered four children and three step-children.
Keith Collins (right), the man in the middle of a deadly love triangle who was killed while on a first date with a woman, left behind teenage daughter, Aisling Collins,(left)