Comprehensive British "Daily Mail" and other foreign media reports, on the evening of January 11, local time, Diamond Alvarez, a 15-year-old girl in Houston, Texas, died of 22 shots near her home while walking her dog, and the police have arrested the suspect in this case, who is the girl's ex-boyfriend, who was charged with murder. It is reported that the reason for the breakup between the two is that Alvarez learned that her ex-boyfriend was unfaithful to her.
Frank De Leon Jr. Image: The Associated Press
In the course of the investigation, the police learned that Alvarez met with his 17-year-old ex-boyfriend Frank Deleon Jr. at around 9:30 p.m. on the 11th and confronted de Léon about deLeon's long-term relationship with another girl when he was dating her. The Houston Police Department said Deleon fired 22 shots in her back that day.
Alvarez's mother, Anna Machado, said on the 18th that DeLeon was her daughter's ex-boyfriend, and shortly before she was shot, he had texted asking her to meet him at the scene of the crime. Machado said the two had been dating for less than a year and she had never seen any red flags, but the relationship was "intermittent" and "my daughter was always crying for him."
Diamond Alvarez Image source: Foreign media
According to the Houston Chronicle, Deleon lives less than half a mile from Alvarez's home. He was arrested on the evening of the 17th and charged with murder. Prosecutors said Deleon "tried to pack his bags and escape" and that when he was arrested by police, he had a suitcase and some clothes on his bed. The current bail is set at $250,000.
Machado said she wanted the judge to order Deleon not on bail, "he didn't even deserve such a high treatment, he killed my daughter".
Alvarez was shot dead while walking his dog near his home
According to previous reports, on the night Alvarez was shot, her family heard multiple gunshots. Machado called her daughter, but she couldn't get in touch. They then decided to go out and look for her, eventually finding her in a field a few blocks from home. Machado desperately tried to perform CPR on her daughter, but she died on the spot.
Source: Global Times New Media