Esequiel Gomez Jr. (Source: Texas DPS)TULIA, TX (KCBD) -
From Texas Department of Public Safety:
The CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) Section of
the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Crime Lab recently linked DNA
evidence collected from a murder scene in Tulia,
Texas, to a sexual assault investigation in Willmar, Minnesota.
The Willmar Police Department identified Esequiel Gomez Jr. as a suspect in
their investigation.
Gomez was recently arrested in Texas
and has been extradited to Minnesota
for the offense of aggravated sexual assault. Investigators in connection
with the Tulia case have obtained an arrest warrant charging Gomez with the
offense of Capital Murder in the death of Imogene Harris. Harris was
found deceased inside her residence in Tulia (Swisher County)
on Aug. 14, 2011. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force
trauma.
In addition, investigators have linked Gomez to
another criminal offense, the assault of an elderly person in Hico, Texas,
in June of 2008.
The Capital Murder investigation and subsequent
arrest was the result of a collaborative effort by the Tulia Police Department,
Swisher County Sheriff's Department, Swisher County Attorney's Office, the DPS
Crime Lab and the Texas Rangers.
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