The prime suspect in a Houston-area homicide case was discovered lifeless by legislation enforcement officers on Friday.
Jhon Venegas Romero, 24, was discovered within the city of Needville after deputies from the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to a name concerning an individual seen hanging.
Romero was suspected within the stabbing dying of his spouse, 23-year-old Anyi Tatiana Montealegre Izquierdo, on Oct. 14 within the couple’s house in close by Richmond. The placement Romero was discovered is about two miles from the place he was believed to final be seen alive, deputies mentioned.
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He was recognized based mostly on clothes, tattoos and a passport that was discovered. Investigators mentioned that Romero’s garments he was sporting when final noticed alive on surveillance footage from Oct. 14 matched what was on his physique.
“Whereas a radical investigation is underway to make sure all protocols are adopted, this seems to be a suicide,” mentioned Sheriff Eric Fagan, in response to Fox 26 in Houston. “Our deepest condolences exit to all households affected by this tragedy.”
Whereas the manhunt ensued, Izquierdo’s household informed KHOU that Romero grew up and spent his total life in a jungle in Colombia and possibly knew survival abilities to remain on the run in rural areas just like the one southwest of the larger Houston space.
The household was apprehensive Romero would harm another person if he wasn’t captured.
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Cousins of Izquierdo mentioned they typically needed to intervene when Izquierdo and Romero fought always after they moved to the U.S. They added that Romero tried to kill her once they lived in Colombia.
They mentioned Izquierdo moved to the U.S. with Romero so they may elevate cash for his or her household and little one left behind in Colombia.
Colombian Consulate Common Andres Diaz informed Fox 26 that he needs issues turned out otherwise.
“I remorse to listen to the information of Romero’s dying, like I might any Colombian native. Nonetheless, I might have preferred him to show himself over to the authorities and face the legislation,” Diaz mentioned.
Izquierdo’s household mentioned they wished for her physique to be repatriated to Colombia. Diaz mentioned that would take a number of weeks because the case stays below investigation.
“We take them step-by-step the method it’s not a brief course of, sadly. It’s going to most likely take 4–6 weeks to repatriate the physique,” Diaz mentioned.
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Along with serving to repatriate Izquierdo’s physique, the consulate can be paying for funeral providers.
“Sadly this American dream ended actually unhealthy for this woman, and we’re very apologetic,” Diaz mentioned.