- Maria Gonzalez, 11, was found strangled to death under her bed in Pasadena, Texas
- Police have named 18-year-old Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, from Guatemala, as a suspect
- He reportedly crossed into the US through El Paso, Texas, in January and ‘self-surrendered’ to authorities before he was released
The main suspect in the murder of an 11-year-old girl found strangled to death under her bed in Texas is a Guatemalan immigrant who entered the US in January, police said on Friday – revealing that a key left behind in the little girl’s home was a vital piece of evidence.
Maria Gonzalez’s body found by her father at their home in Pasadena, Texas, on Saturday, August 12, when he returned home from work. She had also been sexually assaulted, police said.
Pasadena Police Department on Friday named Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, 18, as a ‘person of interest’ and the main suspect in the case…
