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Fugitive Mother Arrested in Mexico After 29 Years Over 1996 Texas Child Murder Charge
Just the facts
Law enforcement authorities initially arrested Maria Narez in December 1996 after investigators determined three-year-old Kasandra L. White died from severe physical trauma, including shaking and impact injuries against a wall. Following a grand jury indictment in April 1997, Narez forfeited a reduced $25,000 bond and disappeared in August 1997 before judicial proceedings could commence. The arrest resulted from a joint operation involving Interpol Mexico, the U.S. Marshals Service Mexico Foreign Field Office, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of International Affairs. Narez remains in custody in Mexico pending formal extradition proceedings to face capital murder charges in Tarrant County, Texas.
Why this is news
International law enforcement authorities arrested 48-year-old Maria Narez in Mexico nearly 30 years after she fled Texas to avoid trial on a capital murder charge. Narez was originally indicted in April 1997 for the 1996 death of her three-year-old daughter, Kasandra L. White, in Tarrant County.
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