‘SERIAL KILLER’ BORDER GUARD SHOT FOUR WOMEN IN HEAD, POLICE SAY
HOUSTON Texas authorities charged a U.S. Border Patrol supervisor with murder following what they described as the serial killing of four female sex workers and a possible attempt on the life of a fifth woman who escaped at a gas station and found help. All four were shot in the head, authorities say.
Juan David Ortiz, 35, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, was charged with four counts of murder and aggravated assault and unlawful restraint, Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said in a tweet.
Ortiz was arrested after the fifth woman managed to flee. State troopers found Ortiz hiding in a truck in a hotel parking lot in Laredo at around 2 a.m. Saturday.
“We do consider this to be a serial killer,” Alaniz said.
Authorities believe Ortiz had killed all four women since Sept. 3. Alaniz said two were U.S. citizens but the nationalities of the other two were not yet known. All of them were working as prostitutes, he said.