Police in Texas have arrested a suspect in the death of a high school cheerleader who was found dead inside the apartment she shared with her mother last week and is said to be an illegal alien.
On December 5, the mother of 16-year-old Lizbeth Medina, who was a student at Edna High School in the southeast Texas town of Edna, discovered her daughter unresponsive in the bathtub of the Cottonwood apartments. Police and first responders arrived at the scene and determined the young woman was dead, prompting a manhunt that culminated in the arrest of Rafael Govea Romero.
Romero, who is believed to be the individual captured on surveillance video after the killing, was arrested Saturday in Schulenburg, an “undocumented man,” according to authorities.
“On Saturday, December 9, 2023, with the help of the community, friends and family, the Edna Police Department, along with the Texas Rangers, were able to arrest the person responsible for Lizbeth Medina's death,” he said. say the Edna Police Department. in a statement on Sunday.
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“With countless hours spent on this investigation, we were able to locate an undocumented male suspect, identified as Rafael Govea Romero in the city of Schulenburg,” the statement said. “The Edna Police Department and the Texas Rangers immediately traveled to Schulenburg, where Romero was arrested for capital murder and transported to the Jackson County Jail.”
“Although Romero is in custody, we recognize that Lizbeth's family and friends are grieving and still need the support of the community. The citizens of Edna can now rest in peace!”
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Jacqueline Medina said she decided to look for Lizbeth after she hadn't seen or heard from her past Tuesday afternoon and that she attended a Christmas parade her daughter was supposed to attend but didn't see her, returning to the apartment where he made his terrible discovery.
“I decided to go look for her. And I kept calling her phone over and over, and it would go straight to voicemail…I called a bunch of people and nobody knew anything. It wasn't until I walked in in the toilet I was talking on the phone with my friend asking him to come help me get her, that's when I [saw] foot, and was in the bathtub. And so I opened the curtains. There she was,” she he said Fox News Digital last week.
“I don't understand why. God, why would they do this to him? Medina said. “She's such a beautiful, smart, amazing girl. There are times when I can't take it. And then there are times when I feel like I need to be strong for her.”
“She and her daughter lived temporarily at the apartment complex after Medina moved from Nebraska to Texas to work in renewable energy. She and Lizbeth were the only two people with keys to the apartment, she said,” according to Fox News.
“I just want everyone to know that he was an amazing child,” the grieving mother said. “She was not a normal teenager who got into trouble for doing crazy things. She was very mature for her age. She was a caring and loving person who, from what I know and the messages I received, changed lives from many people. I just want everyone to remember her that way and not the way she took me.”
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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary, ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who despise our hard-won freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.
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