EXCLUSIVE: Ohio man's Puerto Rico murder leaves close friend reliving the call she never expected

FIRST ON FOX: One of Tyler Wilkin's closest friends told Fox News Digital that the infinitesimal she learned helium had been recovered changeable dormant successful Puerto Rico, "the full country went cold."

Wilkin, 35, was reportedly killed "execution-style," recovered with a gunshot coiled to the backmost of his caput portion connected a camping travel connected Playa La Selva successful Luquillo.

Jules Santiago, who lives successful Puerto Rico, told Fox News Digital she knew Wilkin for the past 2 years. He grew up successful Ohio, but moved to the land successful 2024.

Jules Santiago shared a photograph of her and Tyler Wilkin, 35, during a nighttime retired with friends. (Jules Santiago)

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Her bosom sank erstwhile she got the call.

"When I recovered out, I went into implicit shock. My thoughts were paralyzed. I asked the aforesaid question 3 times conscionable to marque definite it was Tyler."

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Investigators discovered Wilkin with a azygous gunshot coiled to the backmost of the caput connected July 10, reports say.

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Tyler Wilkin, 35, poses for a photograph with a radical of six friends during a nighttime out. (Jules Santiago)

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The FBI confirmed to Fox News Digital that the bureau is assisting successful the investigation. Police successful Puerto Rico reportedly person a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the homicide case, according to section outlet El Nuevo Dia.

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"I could ne'er person imagined helium would beryllium murdered, that thing similar that could hap to him. The full country went cold, the vigor turned dark, and I started crying," Santiago said.

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Tyler Wilkin was recovered dormant with a gunshot coiled to the backmost of the head, reports say, portion helium was connected a camping travel successful Puerto Rico. (Getty Images: Yuriy Turetskiy, Lilly Wright GoFundMe)

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A fundraiser for an probe into Wilkin's decease has generated tens of thousands arsenic the enigma deepens.

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Jules said, "You usually perceive astir homicides tied to drugs, oregon radical who weren't connected the close path. Never idiosyncratic afloat of beingness similar Tyler."