Suspect Arrested in Killing of 11-Year-Old Texas Girl Whose Body Was Left Under Bed

The 18-year-old man was recognized as an individual of curiosity Friday. The Pasadena Police Division stated in an announcement Saturday that since then, investigators had been in a position to acquire extra proof linking him to the demise of Maria Gonzalez, and so they arrested him in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Police stated the 18-year-old shall be charged with capital homicide and is awaiting extradition to Texas.

According to KHOU-TV, Pasadena Police Chief Josh Bruegger stated investigators interviewed and picked up DNA from the suspect the day Maria Gonzalez’s physique was discovered, however stated he wasn’t on their radar on the time.

The Gonzales household launched an announcement thanking Pasadena and Louisiana police for arresting the suspect.

“Might he be burdened with the total weight of the legislation, for what he has performed to my daughter,” the assertion stated.

Police have stated that Maria Gonzalez had been residence alone final Saturday morning when somebody knocked on the door. The woman texted her father, Carmelo Gonzalez, who had simply gone to work. He instructed KHOU that he instructed his daughter to not reply the door. Maria Gonzalez stated she wouldn’t and would keep in her mattress. However she did not reply his subsequent calls.

So Carmelo Gonzalez requested his brother and sister-in-law, who dwell in the identical house complicated, to test on his daughter, police stated Tuesday. They discovered the entrance door unlocked and issues misplaced after they went inside. However they didn’t discover her.

When Carmelo Gonzalez returned residence, he searched the house and located his daughter beneath her mattress, wrapped in a trash bag and positioned inside a laundry basket. Police stated the woman had been strangled to demise and sexually assaulted.

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