A Texas teenager who was initially the subject of an AMBER Alert last week is now facing capital murder charges, according to police records and a press statement.
The Garland Police Department discovered the body of 21-year-old Arturo Peña in a car in Garland, Texas, on Tuesday, two days after he had been reported missing, they said in astatementon Facebook on Tuesday.
Police arrived at the scene after being notified of a man passed out in a car. Once at the scene, law enforcement determined that Peña had been shot, the statement said.
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On Friday, an update on the statement said that police identified 17-year-old Natalie Navarro as one of two suspects in the shooting. She was arrested and is currently held at the Webb County Jail.
Arturo Pena.GoFundMe
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She has been arraigned there, but still needs to be transported to Dallas County Jail before she is formally charged, a process that can take up to 15 days, Sergeant Richard Maldonado, a lieutenant with the Garland Police Department told PEOPLE on Monday.
Maldonado told PEOPLE that the arrest warrant for the murder and the AMBER alert were independent of each other.
His whereabouts are unknown, Maldonado told PEOPLE.
“I believe they knew each other, but I don’t know the extent of their relationship,” he said of Martinez and Navarro’s relationship.
Maldonado said Navarro is yet to enter a plea, and could not confirm if she has retained an attorney.
Yordy Martinez.Texas Amber Alerts
In aGoFundMeset up last week, Veronica Lopez, a woman identifying as Peña’s wife, said “Our angel was viciously taken from his family and loved ones.”
Lopez did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’S request for comment.
source: people.com
