Man accused of stabbing a mother and her teen daughter to death to appear in Tampa courtroom

TAMPA, Fla. - A double murder suspect who was arrested by U.S. Marshals after fleeing to Maryland appeared in a Tampa courtroom on Monday. 

Officials say 25-year-old Jean Pierre Salazar stabbed his girlfriend, 35-year-old Alejandra Cabrejo, and 14-year-old Mariana Cabrejo, to death in their Riverview apartment in November. 

During a hearing Monday, Hillsborough County Judge Catherine Catlin declined to set a bond and ordered Salazar held in jail until his trial.

"We have a dead 14-year-old girl who doesn't deserve to be dead, just trying to protect her mother," Judge Catlin said. "Anybody who's willing to kill a 14-year-old to save their own skin should not be free in our society."

A teen and her mother were stabbed to death last month. 

A family friend witnessed the attacks and provided a written testimony for the hearing. The judge also heard testimony from a detective on the case. 

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Salazar, who fled the apartment on Riveredge Drive after the murders and traveled to Maryland, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Maryland the next day.

Pictured: Jean Pierre Salazar

Detectives said Salazar and Alejandra Cabrejo got into an argument that turned violent. They said Salazar grabbed a knife and stabbed Alejandra Cabrejo. When her daughter stepped in to protect her mother, he stabbed her too, according to investigators.

Jamie Kane, Salazar's attorney, told the judge he believes there are enough questions to warrant setting bond.

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"We don't know who introduced the knife into it. I think it's very telling that there's no history of violence there, that there's no history of violence by Mr. Salazar," Kane said.

An investigator and crime scene tape outside an apartment where a mother and her teen daughter were stabbed to death. 

The judge, however, disagreed.

"Based upon the circumstances of these two murders, I'm going to grant the state's motion and hold you without bond."

Family friends told FOX 13 that Alejandra Cabrejo had settled in Tampa two years ago after leaving Colombia in hopes of a better life for her and her daughters. She left behind a three-year-old daughter. 

Salazar is facing two murder charges.