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Texas mom accused of killing 3-year-old daughter captured in Mexico after nearly 30 years on the run
A Texas woman accused of killing her three-year-old daughter has been captured in Mexico after nearly 30 years as a fugitive. Her arrest brings a long-running capital murder case back before the courts and ends a search that began after she allegedly fled before trial.
Maria Narez was charged in 1997 in Tarrant County, Texas, over the death of her daughter, who was aged three. Authorities said she disappeared before she could face trial and was located in Mexico almost three decades later; the article does not state the outcome of the case or any plea.
In short
- Texas murder suspect captured after nearly 30 years.
- She is accused of killing her three-year-old daughter.
- The 1997 case can now proceed.
Explained simply
In 1997, Maria Narez was charged with capital murder in Tarrant County, Texas, over the death of her three-year-old daughter. A charge is an allegation, and does not establish that someone is guilty.
Narez disappeared before she could go to trial, leaving the case unresolved. The case concerns both the circumstances of the child’s death and the criminal proceedings that were unable to take place at the time.
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