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More than a decade aft a Texas woman was recovered stabbed astir 100 times successful her apartment, a existent property supplier is down bars without bond, facing superior execution charges.
Mayra Velasquez, 42, was booked into nan Tarrant County Corrections Center connected July 17 successful relationship pinch nan sidesplitting of Irasema Chavez, according to nan Arlington Police Department and region jailhouse records.
Chavez, 32, was found dead Jan. 20, 2012, wrong her second-floor flat successful nan 2700 artifact of South Collins Street. Investigators said location were nary evident signs of forced entry, raising nan anticipation that Chavez knew nan personification who killed her aliases willingly opened nan door.
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Mayra Velasquez, 42, has been charged pinch execution successful relationship pinch nan 2012 sidesplitting of 32-year-old Irasema Chavez. (Tarrant County Jail)
Surveillance video obtained by KDFW-TV, from nan nighttime earlier nan grisly find showed a personification wearing baggy clothing and a hoodie climbing nan stairs to Chavez’s unit. The fig knocked, appeared to speech words pinch personification astatine nan doorway and was past allowed inside.
Police released nan video successful hopes nan nationalist could place nan visitor, but nan shadowy image grounded to nutrient nan break detectives needed. The case yet went cold.
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Irasema Chavez was recovered stabbed to decease wrong her South Collins Street flat connected Jan. 20, 2012, suffering astir 100 weapon wounds, according to FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth. (KDFW-TV)
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Investigators did, however, retrieve humor from nan crime segment that did not beryllium to Chavez.
In 2016, Arlington constabulary worked pinch Virginia-based Parabon NanoLabs to analyze nan chartless DNA. The institution utilized DNA phenotyping technology to nutrient a composite predicting nan person’s apt appearance, including agelong brownish hairsbreadth and Latino ancestry.
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Still, nary patient fishy emerged.
Arlington constabulary yet collaborated pinch Virginia-based Parabon NanoLabs to conception a predicted floor plan of nan fishy from segment DNA, though nan resulting composite led to nary first breakthroughs. (KDFW-TV)
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The lawsuit gained caller life successful November 2024, erstwhile Arlington constabulary brought it to nan FBI’s Dallas Field Office and sought thief from nan bureau’s investigative familial genealogy program. That process produced what authorities described arsenic a important lead earlier this year.
Detectives past gathered further grounds and obtained a warrant for Velasquez, constabulary said.
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Authorities person not released what grounds confirmed nan genealogy lead, whether investigators obtained a nonstop DNA comparison from Velasquez aliases if she knew Chavez.
Velasquez had worked locally arsenic a existent property supplier for years, often promoting spot listings connected her societal media accounts. (KDFW-TV)
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Velasquez had worked locally arsenic a existent property supplier for years, posting spot listings connected her societal media accounts.
Her Texas existent property licence remained progressive arsenic of Monday, and authorities records listed her pinch Pure Realtors LLC, KDFW-TV reported. Fox News Digital has reached retired to nan institution for comment.
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Mayra Velasquez smiling successful a photograph successful Mexico and successful London. (Facebook/Mayra Velasquez)
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Velasquez's societal media relationship captured nan existent property supplier gallivanting connected trips pinch family and friends pursuing nan alleged murder.
She was seen smiling successful trips to Peru, Mexico, Paris, and London.
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Tarrant County’s inmate database lists Velasquez’s complaint arsenic "capital execution by panic threat/other felony."
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Arlington constabulary and nan FBI are expected to reside nan apprehension during a associated news convention Wednesday astatine 10:30 a.m. CST. Fox News Digital has reached retired to Velasquez’s lawyer for comment.
