According to multiple reports, a 16-year-old cheerleader found dead in a bathtub was stabbed.
Lizbeth Medina was found by her mother in the apartment they shared in Edna, Texas, according to the Edna Police Department. Rafael Govea Romero, 23, was arrested Saturday and charged with capital murder, police said.
Edna Police Chief Rick Boone told ABC 13 and Click 2 Houston that Medina was stabbed to death. Lizbeth’s aunt Ana Medina also said earlier Victoria Advocate that her niece was found with stab wounds by Jacqueline’s mother.
Suspect charged with murder days after mother finds slain cheerleader in bathtub
Medina, a cheerleader at Edna High School, was supposed to be in the Christmas parade that night with her cheerleading squad, Jacqueline said. Victoria Advocate. Ana told the paper that Lizbeth and her mother had just moved to Texas from Nebraska a year and a half ago.
It was not immediately clear whether Romero had retained an attorney or entered a plea, police said. Authorities say he is undocumented in the country due to an expired visa, according to ABC 13. ICE has placed Romero in custody, Edna police say.
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Police say they seized the vehicle and other evidence allegedly linking Romero to the murder.
Ana Medina started a GoFundMe to raise money for her family and wrote that her niece was “loved by many, but most importantly she was loved and will be missed by the family she left behind.”
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