The 10-year-old Oklahoma girl found stabbed to death in Texas was murdered by her cousin’s illegal immigrant lover. Some people just don’t have a heart. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story.
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Jasmen Gonzalez, who was in the Lone Star State for a family reunion, may have also been sexually assaulted before she was killed, authorities said.
Jose Consepcion Sifuentes — who was already being held on immigration charges — now faces a charge of murder, police said during a news conference Tuesday.
A search warrant shows that evidence linking the 23-year-old to the crime – including a knife with a black handle, yellow rubber gloves, hair, half of a golden charm, and samples of suspected human blood – was found in his vehicle and apartment, KDFW 4 News reported.
Gonzalez first went missing late Saturday night in Carrollton, a city north of Dallas. It was initially feared she was sleepwalking and wandered outside, but police soon dismissed that idea and believed she was abducted.
Her body was found Sunday afternoon just four blocks from where she was staying at a relative’s apartment.
Officials said she suffered a stab wound to the chest. Evidence also suggests she was sexually assaulted, as the body was found with her shirt off and her pants and underwear pulled down.
Sifuentes is from Mexico and has a child with his common-law wife, a cousin of the young victim, according to WFAA 8 News.
The illegal immigrant had been deported from the United States in the past and is believed to have been back in this country for at least a month, police said.
Mexican officials are aware of the case, but said they will not assist Sifuentes beyond ensure his rights are upheld, WFAA 8 News reported.
