VICTIM DETAILS

Name	Candy Mora-Fletcher
Age	23
Gender	Female
Race	Hispanic/Latino

SUSPECT DETAILS

Name	Lewis Brewster
Offense	Murder
Cause	Knife/Stabbing
Location	California

CASE DETAILS

Status	Solved
Incident location	411 Lozano St Harlingen Texas, 78550 Cameron
L.E.A	Harlingen Police Dept.

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Cold Case Spotlight

It’s one of the more infamous ‘whodunit’s’ in all South Texas. A young, Harlingen mother found with 25 stab wounds, a cut throat, and a broken neck. No arrests were ever made in the killing of 23-year-old Candy Mora-Fletcher. For 45 years, the case file remained quiet, until a new lead on the decades-old crime presented itself. “Once the investigator was able to put the entire case together where it made sense to him, it didn’t take long to realize there was one prime suspect that was left out there and everything seemed to point to him, and that was a man by the name of Lewis Brewster,” says Commander Osborne of the Harlingen Police Department. “He did allude to the fact that he knew we were looking for him and we’d arrest him if we came back and there seemed to be some sort of solace with that,” says Osborne. Last November, the case took its final blow. Brewster passed away due to complications from diabetes. Mora now rests at the Monta Meta Memorial Park in San Benito. Thursday marked the 47th anniversary of the crime. Before the suspect died, D.A. Saenz says the prosecution was on the verge of presenting the case to the grand jury. That move was only two weeks away.

VICTIM DETAILS

Name	Hector Alaniz
Age	24
Gender	Male
Race	Hispanic/Latino

SUSPECT DETAILS

Name	unknown
Offense	Murder
Cause	Gun/Firearm
Location	unknown

CASE DETAILS

Status	Unsolved
Incident location	Jackson & FM 1925 Edinburg Texas, 78539 Hidalgo
L.E.A	Hidalgo Co. Sheriff's Office

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VICTIM DETAILS

Name	John Frank Garcia
Age	37
Gender	Male
Race	Hispanic/Latino

SUSPECT DETAILS

Name	Unknown
Offense	Missing Person (Presumed Murdered)
Cause	Undisclosed
Location	Unknown

CASE DETAILS

Status	Unsolved
Incident location	Unknown Edinburg Tx, 78539 Hidalgo County
L.E.A	Hidalglo County Sheriff Office

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Cold Case Spotlight

VICTIM DETAILS

Name	Ricardo "Ricky" Mejia
Age	22
Gender	Male
Race	Hispanic/Latino

SUSPECT DETAILS

Name	Unknown
Offense	Murder
Cause	Gun/Firearm
Location	Unknown

CASE DETAILS

Status	Unsolved
Incident location	N. Sugar RD/W. Minnesota RD Pharr Texas, 78577 Hidalgo County
L.E.A	Pharr Police Department

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Cold Case Spotlight

The murder of Ricardo "Ricky" Mejia, 22, a third-year business student at the University of Texas-Pan American and was from Laredo Texas. Ricky was in a fraternity and involved at the local church. He had two roommates from Pharr, Texas. He was last seen at a McAllen nightclub Thursday night on May 31, 2001. Ricky was found more than 24 hours later north of Pharr on a dirt road located in between two orange groves Saturday morning located of Sugar and Owassa Road. Ricky was shot once in the chest with a handgun. No Justice, No Peace.

VICTIM DETAILS

Name	Unknown
Gender	Female
Race	Caucasian/White

SUSPECT DETAILS

Name	Unknown
Offense	Suspicious Death
Cause	Unknown
Location	Unknown

CASE DETAILS

Status	Unsolved
Incident location	Whalen Rd and Border Rd Donna Tx, 78537
L.E.A	Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office

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VICTIM DETAILS

Name	Ruth A. Melton
Age	79
Gender	Female
Race	Caucasian/White

SUSPECT DETAILS

Name	Unknown
Offense	Murder
Cause	Blunt Force
Location	Unknown

CASE DETAILS

Status	Unsolved
Incident location	Unknown Unknown Weslaco Texas, 78596 Hidalgo County
L.E.A	Weslaco Police Department

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On the night of August 26-27, 1988, an unknown person entered the home of Ruth Melton, 79-year-old women bludgeoned to death. An unknown suspect(s) entered the house through an unlocked door and went into Ruth`s bedroom, where he beat her to death. It is unknown what weapon the suspect(s) used in the beating. An autopsy confirmed that Ruth`s death was caused by a blunt force object to the head. She suffered a fractured skull and created a massive blood loss.

VICTIM DETAILS

Name	Cesar Villarreal
Gender	Male
Race	Hispanic/Latino

SUSPECT DETAILS

Name	Unknown
Offense	Murder
Cause	Blunt Force
Location	Unknown

CASE DETAILS

Status	Unsolved
Incident location	4119 N. Benston Palm Rd. Mission Texas, 78574 Hidalgo
L.E.A	Hidalgo Co. Sheriff's Office

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VICTIM DETAILS

Name	Donald Gary Hargett
Age	61
Gender	Male
Race	Caucasian/White

SUSPECT DETAILS

Name	unknown
Offense	Murder
Cause	Blunt Force
Location	unknown

CASE DETAILS

Status	Unsolved
Incident location	P.O. Box 289 Linn Texas, 78563 Hidalgo
L.E.A	Hidalgo Co. Sherriff's Office

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VICTIM DETAILS

Name	Jose Guadalupe Martinez
Age	50
Gender	Male
Race	Hispanic/Latino

SUSPECT DETAILS

Name	Unknown
Offense	Murder
Cause	Gun/Firearm
Location	Unknown

CASE DETAILS

Status	Unsolved
Incident location	2485 Military Highway Brownsville Texas, 78520 Cameron
L.E.A	Brownsville Police Dept.

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Cold Case Spotlight

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Jose Guadalupe Martinez was found murdered in his office in 2017. Investigators have been able to narrow the timeline of when he was killed, but the case still remains unsolved. At 7:49 p.m. on March 15, 2017, officers responded to Milo’s Tire Shop, located at 2485 Military Highway in Brownsville after a body was found. A man discovered the body, and went to a neighbor who was close by. When the two returned, a third man was there at the scene. The three men then called police and waited for officers to arrive. Upon arrival, officers found Martinez face down, in a pool of blood in his office. He had a gunshot wound to his head, and investigators found one bullet casing at the scene. The man who originally discovered Martinez’ body arrived at the store at 7:35 p.m. to pay for some rims he had purchased. Investigators at the scene later found a receipt Martinez had from a purchase at a dollar store at 7 p.m. that same day. With this information, they were able to determine that Martinez was murdered at some time between 7 p.m. and 7:35 p.m. However, Brownsville police said they have “no leads whatsoever,” with the case.

VICTIM DETAILS

Name	Merardo Magana Garza
Age	63
Gender	Male
Race	Hispanic/Latino

SUSPECT DETAILS

Name	Unknown
Offense	Murder
Cause	Blunt Force
Location	Unknown

CASE DETAILS

Status	Unsolved
Incident location	West Los Ebanos Texas`, 78565 Hidalgo
L.E.A	unknown

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Cold Case Spotlight

Merardo Magana Garza was lovingly known as “Tano.” He was adored by many in the city of Mission and was known to be a sharp dresser and a ladies' man. The 63-year-old father was found dead on April 18, 2006 west of Los Ebanos. According to Chavez, at the time investigators could not determine Garza’s cause of death. “Officials were unable to see or say how he died because his body was burned and decomposed,” said Chavez. “But, it was ruled as a homicide, the cause is just undetermined.” Garza still had his jewelry when officials found him, according to Chavez... Chavez said investigators have been unable to reach out to family members for new leads and investigators have no trace of the immediate family. ValleyCentral located his obituary, which said Garza was married with children.