Chris
11-23-2017, 10:24 AM
So what did they discover that led to the arrest now after 20 years?
Cold Case: Husband charged in murder of San Antonio woman found buried in backyard (http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/husband-charged-in-murder-of-san-antonio-woman-found-buried-in-backyard)
Police have made an arrest in a cold case going back nearly 20 years.
Officers walked 53-year-old Roy Hernandez into custody Wednesday, preparing to charge him with the murder of his wife Dedra Salinas.
The Salinas family has long considered Hernandez the only suspect in the murder, and waited 17 years for him to be arrested.
Police wouldn’t say why it took so long to connect the dots - just that he’s their man.
...Dedra Salinas went missing back in December 1999. An anonymous Crime Stoppers tip led police to her body in February 2006.
Dedra’s skeletal remains were wrapped in a comforter, bound with cords and buried in a shallow grave under a small concrete slab. She was buried in her own backyard, just steps away from the south side home she shared with Hernandez.
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Cold Case: Husband charged in murder of San Antonio woman found buried in backyard (http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/husband-charged-in-murder-of-san-antonio-woman-found-buried-in-backyard)
Police have made an arrest in a cold case going back nearly 20 years.
Officers walked 53-year-old Roy Hernandez into custody Wednesday, preparing to charge him with the murder of his wife Dedra Salinas.
The Salinas family has long considered Hernandez the only suspect in the murder, and waited 17 years for him to be arrested.
Police wouldn’t say why it took so long to connect the dots - just that he’s their man.
...Dedra Salinas went missing back in December 1999. An anonymous Crime Stoppers tip led police to her body in February 2006.
Dedra’s skeletal remains were wrapped in a comforter, bound with cords and buried in a shallow grave under a small concrete slab. She was buried in her own backyard, just steps away from the south side home she shared with Hernandez.
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