La Marque, Texas (KTRK) – Police said there have been new developments in the case of a woman who was found dead inside an empty house in Lamarque on January 31.
The video above is from the original report.
La Marque police said Carlos Lara Balcazar, 34, is now charged with murder in the death of 57-year-old Maria Rios.
Officers were called to the home on the 1300 block of Green Jay Lane just before 5 p.m. when the subdivision property manager found Rios’ body in the vacant residence.
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Police said her injuries indicated that she was the victim of an assault and that he was “definitely murdered”. Investigators said Rios owned a cleaning company and was hired to use their services in the home.
The neighborhood I found myself in, Sunset Grove, was relatively new and was under construction.
Authorities received a tip that led to evidence being discarded in a dumpster on Golf Crest Boulevard, about 10 minutes from where the suspect lived on Broadway.
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The Fugitive Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force arrested Lara Balcazar Thursday morning in Houston.
Investigators said he believed the suspect knew Rios and that the crime was “targeted”.
The murder charge delivered to Balcazar had a set bond of $250,000. In addition, he was also accused of tampering with evidence
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