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A North Texas real estate agent has been arrested and charged with capital murder by terroristic threat, according to Tarrant County jail and court records.
Mayra Velasquez, 42, was arrested by Arlington police for the Jan. 2012 killing of Irasema Chavez Sanchez and is being held at the Tarrant County Jail without bond, according to court records. Jail records indicate she was booked in on July 17.According to medical examiner records, Sanchez died by multiple stab wounds in a kitchen in the 2700 block of South Collins Street in Arlington.
Police said in a news release that homicide detectives met with the FBI Dallas Field Office in Nov. 2024 to discuss using the bureau’s Investigative Genetic Genealogy program and got the agency’s agreement to assist.
The program uses genetic databases to compare suspect DNA to samples received from customers, looking for familial matches that might help identify a suspect.
The department did not say in the release specifically how they used the program to identify Velasquez.I'm curious about the motive on this one.Lupe Jimenez, another real estate agent, said she knew Velasquez around 2022 and 2023 when they were working for the same company.
To Jimenez, Velasquez seemed to be an exceptionally kind person. She was married with children and would frequently travel outside the country to visit relatives.
“For me she was a sweet lady, very outgoing, helpful, family oriented,” Jimenez said. “I’m in shock because she’s not somebody I thought would ever do anything like that.”
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