DUBLIN (WBAP/KLIF News ) – UPDATE 3/30/2022 12:40 PM – Suspect reported by Texas Department of Public Safety as taken into custody at the Eagle Pass border in South Texas; time of arrest listed as 11 AM.
The Texas Rangers are asking the public to help catch a suspect in the recent murder of a woman in Erath County.
60-year-old Jesus Manuel Deleon is accused of fatally shooting the victim at her home in the 400 block of West Valley Street in Dublin on Sunday, March 27.
Dublin is about 90 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
Witnesses told police Deleon was allegedly seen driving away from the woman’s home in a black Fort F-150 pickup truck that was later found abandoned in Hamilton County on Monday March 28.
The victim’s identity has not been released. Deleon is considered armed and dangerous.
The Texas Rangers are advising citizens who encounter Deleon to avoid approaching him themselves and instead contact law enforcement.
Anyone with information about Deleon’s whereabouts is asked to contact Texas Ranger B.J. Hill at 254-965-5928, the Dublin Police Department at 254-445-3455, Erath County Crime Stoppers at 254-965-CASH (2274) or email them here.
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