Migrant, 18, is captured by cops 'after he raped and killed Texas girl, 11, then dumped her under her bed'
Guatemalan immigrant, Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, 18, was taken into custody after being accused of raping and killing his 11-year-old neighbor
He entered the U.S. in Jan and was living in the same complex as Maria Gonzalez - who was found stuffed in a plastic bag and clothes hamper under a bed
Garcia-Rodriguez was found a week after the brutal slaying and charged with capital murder by authorities in Shreveport, Louisiana on Saturday Aug 19
By ANEETA BHOLE and LEWIS PENNOCK FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 07:08 EDT, 20 August 2023 | UPDATED: 07:31 EDT, 20 August 2023
A Guatemalan immigrant who entered the U.S. in January accused of raping and murdering his 11-year-old neighbor has been taken into custody.
Maria Gonzalez's body found by her father at their home in Pasadena, Texas, on Saturday, August 12, when he returned home from work. She had also been sexually assaulted, police said.
Pasadena Police Department named Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, 18, as a 'person of interest' and the main suspect in the case - noting a key left behind in the little girl's home as a vital piece of evidence.
Authorities in Shreveport, Louisiana, took Rodriguez into custody Saturday after Harris County, Texas, officials charged him with capital murder in connection with the girl's death.
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