TEXAS CITY
Detectives have seized a pickup truck near Laredo they believe was used by the unnamed person sought in a stabbing death behind Levi Fry Intermediate School, police said Friday.
Officers drove to the Texas border town after receiving a call that a vehicle matching the description of one driven by the person of interest had been spotted, said Cpl. Allen Bjerke, spokesman for the Texas City Police Department.
Investigators are not releasing any more information about the person of interest because they donât want to jeopardize the chances of finding him, Bjerke said. It wasnât clear whether the person fled to Mexico.
TEXAS CITY
The man found dead Monday in a driveway near Levi Fry Intermediate School had been stabbed numerous times, officials said Wednesday.
Ines Matias Cadena-Barragan, 40, died from a dozen or more stab wounds, said John âD.J.â Florence, chief investigator for the Galveston County Medical Examinerâs Office, citing forensic experts.
Investigators meanwhile are focusing on at least one person of interest in connection to Cadena-Barraganâs death, police said.
The news of Cadena-Barraganâs death shocked those who knew him through his job at Texas Cityâs Discount Seafood Market, 2419 25th Ave N.
âHe was so kind,â said Belinda Scott, who jokingly referred to him as her boyfriend.
TEXAS CITY
The man found dead Monday morning in the driveway of Levi Fry Intermediate School was identified Tuesday as Ines Matias Cadena-Barragan, 40, of Texas City, police said.
Police were investigating Cadena-Barraganâs death as a homicide and had identified a person of interest, according to a statement from Texas City Police Department.
A delivery driver had called police just before 7 a.m. Monday about a man lying on the ground bleeding and unresponsive in about the 300 block of 25th Ave N., police said at the time.
Texas City Police ask that anyone with information pertinent to this active investigation contact the Texas City Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit at 409-643-5270.