Texas real estate agent suspected in nearly 100-stab cold case posted global vacations before arrest
More than a decade after a Texas woman was found stabbed roughly 100 times in her apartment, a real estate agent is behind bars without bond, facing capital murder charges.Mayra Velasquez, 42, was booked into the Tarrant County Corrections Center on July 17 in connection with the killing of Irasema Chavez, according to the Arlington Police Department and county jail records.Chavez, 32, was found dead Jan. 20, 2012, inside her second-floor apartment in the 2700 block of South Collins Street.
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More than a decade after a Texas woman was found stabbed roughly 100 times in her apartment, a real estate agent is behind bars without bond, facing capital murder charges.Mayra Velasquez, 42, was booked into the Tarrant County Corrections Center on July 17 in connection with the killing of Irasema Chavez, according to the Arlington Police Department and county jail records.Chavez, 32, was found dead Jan. 20, 2012, inside her second-floor apartment in the 2700 block of South Collins Street. Investigators said there were no obvious signs of forced entry, raising the possibility that Chavez knew the person who killed her or willingly opened the door.DNA CRACKS 40-YEAR COLD CASE MYSTERY WITH ARREST IN LIBRARY WORKER’S SAVAGE SLAYING: POLICESurveillance video obtained by KDFW-TV, from the night before the grisly discovery showed a person wearing baggy clothing and a hoodie climbing the stairs to Chavez’s unit. The figure knocked, appeared to exchange words with someone at the door and was then allowed inside.Police released the video in hopes the public could identify the visitor, but the shadowy image failed to produce the break detectives needed.
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- More than a decade after a Texas woman was found stabbed roughly 100 times in her apartment, a real estate agent is behind bars without bond, facing capital murder charges.Mayra Velasquez, 42, was booked into the Tarrant County Corrections Center on July 17 in connection with the killing of Irasema Chavez, according to the Arlington Police Department and county jail records.Chavez, 32, was found dead Jan. 20, 2012, inside her second-floor apartment in the 2700 block of South Collins Street.
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