In a significant development, an arrest has been made in the string of serial killings that have haunted Dallas in recent months.
The murder suspect, identified as 25-year-old Oscar Sanchez Garcia, was taken into custody on July 19. He is facing multiple murder charges according to Dallas County jail records. His bail is set at $4million.
Three women were murdered within three months.
Kimberly Robinson, 60, was found dead on April 22. Her body was found in an open field south of downtown Dallas the police department said.
Cherish Gibson, 25, was found on the same block as Robinson on June 24. A fisherman found her partly nude body roughly 200 yards from where Robinson had been found, according to the affidavit.
Gibson had also been stabbed. Her cellphone was later found in a field about 1.5 miles from her body, according to the affidavit.
31-year-old DeBrenese Henry was the third woman found stabbed to death. She was discovered on July 15 near the Trinity River less than 2 miles from where Gibson was found.