BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) – Police have detained a man described as a person of interest after a mother and her 13-year-old daughter were slain in their Houston-area home and an older daughter was missing.
Baytown police on Tuesday, responding to a relative not being able to contact family members, found the bodies of 37-year-old Cynthia Morris and her daughter, Breanna Pavilicek. Both were shot.
An Amber Alert was then issued for 16-year-old Kirsten Fritch. Baytown police believe she was abducted.
Officers in Texas City overnight detained a 21-year-old man who’s acquainted with the missing teen and was being sought following the Baytown slayings. Police say the mother’s car was missing from the family’s home, but was recovered when the man was located.
Baytown police didn’t immediately return messages Wednesday.
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