{"id":2006972,"date":"2023-08-21T13:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T17:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/18-year-old-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-11-year-old-texas-girl\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T17:42:11","slug":"18-year-old-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-11-year-old-texas-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/18-year-old-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-11-year-old-texas-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"18-year-old arrested for alleged murder of 11-year-old Texan girl."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F18-year-old-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-11-year-old-texas-girl%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006972&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><h2>An 18-year-old Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting \u2063and Murdering 11-Year-Old Texas Girl<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, 18, was arrested this weekend \u2063by the Shreveport Police \u200cDepartment\u200b in Louisiana\u200d and is expected to be charged \u200bwith capital murder, KHOU\u200c 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/crime\/juan-carlos-garcia-rodriguez-captured-charged-capital-murder-pasadena-texas\/285-f6c58c78-79a3-4b09-98a1-896413f756c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. He is\u2064 currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/18-year-old-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-11-year-old-texas-girl\/\" title=\"18-year-old arrested for alleged murder of 11-year-old Texan girl.\">awaiting \u2062extradition\u2064 back<\/a> to\u200d Pasadena, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Police Connect\u2062 Garcia-Rodriguez to the Crime<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Pasadena Police Chief\u2064 Josh Bruegger said Garcia-Rodriguez was\u200d interviewed and that his DNA was collected on the day\u200d 11-year-old\u2062 Maria Gonzalez was \u2062found dead \u2063in the apartment she shared with her father. At the time, he wasn\u2019t \u200con police radar and was merely\u2062 interviewed along with others in the apartment building. In \u2062the \u200bdays \u200cfollowing,\u200b however, police say they collected additional information and \u2064evidence \u2062that linked him to Maria\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Roommate&#8217;s Shocking Revelation<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Garcia-Rodriguez had been living in the apartment\u2062 building for just \u2063a few\u200d weeks before the \u2063murder, KHOU 11 reported. \u2062His roommate <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/texas-girl-killed-child-murder-sex-assault-11-year-old-hidden-under-bed\/13671948\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> ABC13 that\u200b he thought\u200c Garcia-Rodriguez\u2064 was a \u201cgood person, but \u200cno, he\u2019s not a good \u200bperson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h3>Full Confession and Suspicious Behavior<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Sources told ABC 13 that Garcia-Rodriguez fully confessed to the murder.\u200d Garcia-Rodriguez\u2019s roommate, who asked not to be identified,\u2064 also told ABC that the \u200d18-year-old was acting normal on the day of the \u200bmurder. The roommate said he didn\u2019t think anything was wrong until\u2062 Maria\u2019s uncle knocked on the door looking for her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe checked in the restroom, the closet, looking \u2062for \u200cher,\u201d the roommate said.<\/p>\n<p>Days after\u200d Maria\u2019s body was found, Garcia-Rodriguez reportedly\u2062 told his roommate that he was leaving for\u2062 a\u200c job\u200c out \u200bof town but insisted he\u200b would return soon.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Family Seeks Justice<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>In response to the arrest, Maria\u2019s \u2062father released a statement thanking the police and everyone who \u2063participated in the \u2063investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis arrest has \u200bbrought the\u200d family and\u200b community some peace. We are extremely thankful that \u200bhe cannot cause this\u2062 type of pain to anybody again,\u201d \u2063the family said,\u2062 according \u2063to KHOU 11. \u201cI ask for those who\u2062 are in charge to give us justice. May he\u200d be burdened\u2062 with the\u200d full\u2062 weight of the law, for what he has done to my daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><h2>Heartbreaking Details of Maria&#8217;s Final Moments<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Carmelo \u200cGonzalez, 32, had gone to work that morning when he received\u200b a text from his young daughter saying a stranger was knocking on their door, Fox 26 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/news\/pasadena-crime-11-year-old-maria-gonzalez-found-strangled-to-death-under-bed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told her, \u2018Don\u2019t open the door because I am arriving \u2064at work,\u2019 and\u2064 she responded,\u2063 \u2018I am in my \u2064bed,\u2019\u201d Gonzalez told the KHOU, adding that his daughter was a good and quiet girl who had just turned \u200c11.<\/p>\n<p>Sometime later, Gonzalez\u200c asked relatives who lived in the same apartment building to \u200dcheck on his\u200d daughter \u201cbecause he hadn\u2019t heard\u2064 from her,\u201d Pasadena \u200bPolice \u2064Chief Josh Bruegger said at \u2062a press\u200b conference Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/16\/dad-finds-daughter-11-dead-after-she-texts-about-stranger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called and called and called,\u201d\u2064 Gonzalez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/crime\/pasadena-girl-killed\/285-779e19b4-6927-4789-9e11-6de7f0d720b8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> KHOU.<\/p>\n<p>Maria\u2019s \u200caunt and uncle went\u2064 to the apartment\u2064 where Gonzalez and his daughter lived alone and \u2062found the door was\u2064 unlocked. When they searched the\u2062 home, however, they \u201cwere unable to locate\u201d Maria after a \u201ccursory check,\u201d Bruegger said.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez \u2062returned home \u2062at 3 p.m., five hours after his daughter\u2019s text. He\u2062 found\u2064 the young girl\u2019s body inside a laundry basket that had\u2064 been pushed under his bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey left her \u200cunder the bed in a\u2063 plastic bag.\u2063 They left my poor daughter,\u201d\u2063 Gonzalez told Fox 26.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Tragic Details of \u200dMaria&#8217;s Death<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bruegger announced at the press conference that Maria had been sexually assaulted before she was strangled \u200dand had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kim-kardashian-on-mission-to-protect-woman-convicted-of-brutally-beating-2-year-old-daughter-to-death\/\" title=\"Kim Kardashian On Mission To Protect Woman Convicted Of Brutally Beating 2-Year-Old Daughter To Death\">blunt-force trauma<\/a> to the head. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-husband-charged-in-murder-of-his-wife\/\" title=\"Texas husband charged in murder of his wife\">medical examiner confirmed<\/a> \u2062the \u200bfindings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 18-year-old, Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, has been arrested in Louisiana for allegedly sexually assaulting and murdering an 11-year-old Texas girl. He is expected to be charged with capital murder and is awaiting extradition back to Pasadena, Texas. 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