HOUSTON – Investigators with the Pasadena Police Department announced that they are looking for an 18-year-old teenager as a person of interest in the investigation into the death of 11-year-old María González that occurred last Saturday, August 12.
According to Pasadena PD, after finding a key abandoned inside the González family’s apartment that does not correspond to any of the doors in the place and, after the forensic analysis, it was decided to speak with Juan Carlos García Rodríguez, who “resides in the same apartment complex where the victim lived.
According to investigators, García Rodríguez has not appeared at the scene since then.
For information that leads to the whereabouts of García Rodríguez, a $5,000 reward is being offered.
Initial inquiries indicate that “all employees of the residential complex, including maintenance personnel, have fully cooperated with the authorities and at this time do not appear to be involved,” according to police.
“Our investigators also confirmed that the girl’s body was found inside a garbage bag placed in a laundry basket and hidden under a bed,” Pasadena police added.
THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE
The alarms are set off in the city of Pasadena, in Texas, after a girl of Guatemalan origin was found strangled and raped inside her apartment last Saturday.
María González was found dead by her father upon returning from work shortly after 3 pm at the apartment they have lived in for two months at 1000 Main Street.
Carmelo González called the police after he found the girl under a bed and not breathing.
The apartment was in a mess, according to the father, evidence that the girl tried to defend herself. When paramedics arrived at the scene, the girl was already lifeless.
In the midst of her pain, the mother of the family speaks exclusively
According to what Carmelo told Telemundo Houston, he went to work that Saturday morning, but had telephone contact with María during the day on several occasions. According to him, the minor even told him that they were knocking on the door of the apartment in the middle of one of the calls.
Carmelo and her daughter moved to Pasadena about two months ago after living in Florida and Austin. The father said that he sought out this city because he had family there and he wanted the girl to grow up with her cousins.
According to Pasadena police, “The Harris County Medical Examiner concluded that the cause of death was asphyxiation by strangulation. Further investigation determined that the victim was sexually assaulted.”
The neighborhood where Carmelo lived with his daughter is a small apartment complex where, according to the police, a community of Guatemalans lives.
The authorities are asking for help to solve this crime that shakes this city located southeast of the Houston metropolitan area and that is why they ask that if anyone knows anything they should call detectives Quintanilla or Mata of Pasadena PD at 713-475-7803 or at 713-475-7878, respectively.
