Police Arrest Man Who Was About To Kill Ex-Girlfriend
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He also verbally assaulted her during multiple phone calls
He drove from Connecticut to Florida and broke into her house
Police nabbed Thayer as he was chasing the woman
Police have stopped and arrested a man, who allegedly traveled to Florida with the intention of killing his ex-girlfriend, as he was chasing the woman while armed with a gun.
According to a press release from the Flagler County Sheriff s Office, 39-year-old Aaron Thayer sent his ex-girlfriend numerous threatening text messages and verbally assaulted her during several phone calls. Thayer stated in the texts that he would drive from Connecticut to her Flagler County home in Florida to end her life.
Man wanted for murder of ex-girlfriend in Pacoima commits suicide in Texas following pursuit
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IRVING, Texas - Police in Irving, Texas say a 46-year-old man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in front of their young child in Pacoima, killed himself after coming to North Texas to visit his family.
Herbert Nixon Flores was being tracked by the FBI Fugitive Task Force from Los Angeles, and the Irving Police Department was notified after it was found he could be visiting family in Irving.
Flores is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend in the presence of their young child at a home in Pacoima on Wednesday.
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A man suspected of murdering his ex-girlfriend in front of their 3-year-old daughter in California last week killed himself in Texas as authorities were closing in, investigators said Saturday.
Herbert Nixon Flores, 46, shot himself with a handgun after realizing police cars were following him as he drove toward Dallas, the Irving Police Department said in a statement.
Irving police had been working with the FBI Fugitive Task Force in Los Angeles to locate Flores, who was believed to be visiting family in the city.
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Police Department released surveillance video that appeared to show Flores killing his ex-girlfriend, 35-year-old Karen Ruiz, in Pacoima.
Charged with killing his former girlfriend in front of their young child, Herbert Nixon Flores fatally shot himself Saturday as police in Irving, Texas, closed in, authorities said.