An “undocumented” man has been arrested in the slaying of a Texas high school cheerleader who was found dead in her bathtub last week after missing an event with her squad, police said Sunday.
Rafael Govea Romero was arrested on Saturday in the small town of Schulenburg, Tx. and allegedly killed 16-year-old Lizbeth Medina in Edna, about 75 miles away, police said in a statement.
Edna Police Chief Rick Boone said his department and the Texas Rangers arrested an “undocumented male subject” after spending “hours” on the case, but officials did not disclose the circumstances of the killing, or say if Romero and Medina knew each other.
The teenager was found dead at her home on December 5 by her mother, after failing to march in the Christmas parade with her high school squad, according to local reports.
The slain girl’s mother, Jacqueline Medina, told KAVU-TV last week that she had found Lizbeth in the bathtub of the apartment they shared in the small town between Houston and San Antonio.
Lizbeth Medina’s body was found in the bathtub by her mother. ABC 13
Jacqueline told the outlet she believed her daughter’s murder was linked to a recent break-in at their unit.
“No string drugs, nothing like that. My daughter was found in a way no mother should find their child,” Medina told the station.
“Someone hurt my child, someone took my child from me.”
Police have released security footage of the suspect, who was wearing a black “Volcom” sweatshirt and had a distinctive tattoo behind his right ear.
Security footage released by police shows a young man who resembles the suspect, Rafael Govea Romero. Edna Texas Police Department/Facebook Rafael Govea Romero was picked up by police on Saturday. Edna Texas Police Department/Facebook
The pictures appear to match a mugshot of Romero, who is depicted with thick dark hair and a beard without a moustache.
A 23-year-old man with the same name is on probation after being arrested by Schulenburg police on an unspecified second-degree felony, court records show.
“Although Romero has been arrested, we realize Lizabeth’s family and friends are grieving and still need support from the community,” Boone said in the statement.
“The citizens of Edna can now sleep peacefully.”
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