DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) –  An anonymous donor has offered a reward of $15,000 to Crime Stoppers, for any information on the one-year-old murder of Ping Li, a 50-year-old Plano mother of two.

Li was brutally murdered at a beauty supply warehouse on Harry Hines near Walnut Hill.  Her body was found by her husband.

The Dallas Medical Examiner’s office said the victim had numerous blunt force injuries and had been strangled.

North Texas Crime Stoppers is contributing $5,000 to the reward making the total of up to $20,000 for tips leading to the arrest and murder indictment.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call North Texas Crime Stoppers at 877 373 TIPS (8477) or contact them on the web at

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM)– Dallas police have closed a case that has been unresolved since 2009.

One of the shooters in the murder case of Antonio Avilez-Sanchez is now in police custody.

According to police, Antonio was shot by Ruben Galvan and Jose Arrez Rangel in revenge. Rangel was convicted of murder in 2011 and is currently serving a life sentence in prison.

Ruben Galvan reportedly fled to Mexico. Detectives were able to obtain a voluntary video statement which implicates Galvan in the murder.

Additional evidence has been corroborated that places Galvan in the area during the time of the murder.

In February of 2015, Detectives received information that Galvan has returned to the United States.

Galvan is currently being held on unrelated charges in a Federal Correctional Facility in Oklahoma.

Detectives obtained a murder warrant which was served in jail with a $500,000.00 bond.

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NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The North Texas man suspected of killing his two daughters seven-and-a-half-years ago is now being hunted overseas. Interpol, the largest law enforcement organization in the world, is giving Irving police some help trying to locate Yaser Abdel Said.

The network of police forces from 190 countries around the world issued a Red Notice for Said. A Red Notice is the closed thing to an international arrest warrant.

It was on New Year’s Day 2008 when Said, a local taxi driver, took his daughters, 18-year-old Amina and 17-year-old Sarah for a ride in his cab. The man told the girls he was taking them to get something to eat, but drove to Irving and allegedly killed them both. The bodies of the teens were found inside the cab. Both girls died from multiple gunshot wounds. The Capital Murder arrest warrant for Said was issued one day later.

Detectives have been searching for the now 58-year-old Said since 2008. The North Texas father was also added to the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list in December of last year.

Irving police Officer James McLellan says the FBI listing generated some interest. “It did receive some additional attention. It did generate some leads, and of course every one of those are being followed. But at this point I am not sure how strong those leads were and if they’re [FBI] actively working any leads at the moment.”

While Irving police have said the motive for the murders is unclear, it’s believed Said was upset by his daughters’ teenage behavior and relationships and believed he was performing an honor killing.

Over the last years, the case has been featured on CBS 11 News and on national media programs.

Authorities believe Said may have fled to his native country of Egypt. But he is also believed to have ties in North Texas, the New York City area, Virginia and Canada. There have been reports that Said may be driving a cab in New York City.

Officer McLellan said, “We hope that this might just be the break that we need to find him. And it’s good news to hear that they’re still active in a part of the country that’s going through the trouble that they are.”

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Yaser Abdel Said is asked to call local police or the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI. Click here to submit a tip online. A reward of up to $100,000 will be given to anyone providing information that leads directly to his arrest.

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TYLER (AP) – A convicted kidnapper linked to a 1990 East Texas double-slaying has pleaded guilty to one death and was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Brandon Deon Payton pleaded guilty Wednesday in Tyler to capital murder. The 43-year-old Payton, during his trial, reached a plea deal in the killing of Ivy Taylor.

Taylor and Joe Evans were found shot to death in November 1990 in a car. A detective in 2013 was contacted by one of Payton’s friends. The person said Payton called him after the shootings to say he came upon two people having sex and killed them.

Payton in 1997 was sentenced to 50 years in prison for a 1996 aggravated kidnapping in Smith County.

A witness testified Tuesday that Payton’s fingerprints were lifted from the car in 1999.

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ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – After more than 15 years, investigators in Arlington now, definitively know who killed Tami King.

King was found murdered in Arlington on February 28, 1999. While there were no solid leads or suspects in the case detectives were able to DNA evidence from the woman’s body. The profile was entered in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), but matched no one in the system.

The Tami King case eventually went cold.

Flash forward to August 2015. Arlington police were contacted that their CODIS information from the King case matched that of a Fort Worth man. The DNA profile belonged to Jerry Shorts.

Detectives were able to interview Shorts, but when they asked him for a voluntary DNA sample he refused.

It was while investigators worked to get a search warrant for Shorts’ DNA, that they learned he committed suicide on September 3.

Detectives still got the warrant and DNA from Shorts posthumously. It matched the sample taken from the Tami King case. Officials say these latest events have helped bring “closure to Ms. King’s family and friends.”

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – After more than eight years Dallas police have arrested the person they say is responsible for beating Eliazar Flores to death. According to investigators, it was DNA that lead them to JoJo Wilson.

When police found Flores in a pool of blood on September 23, 2007 they thought he had been shot. After being taken to a local hospital, doctors discovered Flores had been severely beaten. He later died from those injuries.

In addition to the suspect assaulting Flores they had also stolen his truck. Police were able to recover it on the same day as the attack, but at a different location. Crime scene personnel were able to take DNA swabs and entered the information into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database.

It took from then until August of this year for CODIS hit to match the DNA. Genetic material identified the suspect as JoJo Wilson. Fortunately for police the 35-year-old was easy to locate, he was being held in the Dallas County Jail on unrelated charges.

Dallas police got a warrant to obtain suspect Wilson’s DNA to confirm the match. Based on those results an arrest warrant was issued.

Wilson is charged with Capital Murder and remains in the Dallas County Jail.

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ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Arlington have made an arrest in a double murder case from three years ago. It was June 10, 2012 when officers discovered the bodies of Long Nguyen and Huong Ly at their home, located in the 3600 block of Waverly Drive.

Authorities were sent to the home to check on the welfare of the two residents. But the Tarrant County Medical Examiner said that the victims died as a result of homicide. After conducting several interviews and pursuing tips, the investigation went cold without an arrest being made.

Huong Ly and Long Nguyen were killed in their Arlington apartment on June 10, 2012. (credit: Arlington Police Department)

However, during the crime scene processing, investigators recovered a marijuana cigarette with DNA evidence. That evidence was entered into a larger database. But it was not until this past October that detectives received information about a possible match for a suspect.

“The meticulous crime scene processing that occurred,” said Chief Will Johnson, “highlights how important every little detail is in a significant crime scene, and the role of DNA testing that has afforded us this opportunity to bring much-needed closure to the victim’s family.”

(credit: Arlington Police)

That suspect, Willie Guillory, was located and arrested for a parole violation. Police say he was 16 years old at the time of the double murder. Investigators were able to again match the DNA evidence from the scene with a more recent saliva sample taken from the suspect.

That individual is now behind bars in Tarrant County and charged with capitial murder. His bond has been set at $250,000.

“This is the second case since October that DNA analysis has solved a murder case in our community,” Johnson added.

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NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – As part of a new Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) initiative to generate new leads and bring added attention to cold cases across the state, officials are asking for help solving the murder of a 13-year-old girl.

Hailey Dunn, of Colorado City, disappeared in 2010 and her body wasn’t found until 2013.

Two days after Christmas 2010, Dunn headed out to a friend’s house, but never arrived. At the time of her disappearance, Hailey was in eighth-grade student and was active in cheerleading, sports and band. Her body was found near Lake J. B. Thomas, in Scurry County, on March 16, 2013.

According to CBS News, shortly after Hailey disappeared police were calling Shawn Adkins, the live-in boyfriend of Hailey’s mother, a person of interest, but he has was never charged.

Officials are asking that anyone with information about the murder of Hailey Dunn to submit a tip through the Texas Rangers’ Cold Case website or contact the Missing Persons Clearinghouse at 800-346-3243.

Colorado City is in West Texas, about 220 miles west of Fort Worth.

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PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – A man wanted for a 2008 murder in Plano has been caught attempting to enter the U.S. from Mexico.

David Martin Ruiz, 36, was detained by the U.S. Border Patrol while attempting to enter the U.S. through Arizona.

Ruiz was taken into custody and is being held in the Pima County Adult Detention Center in Tucson.

On May 31, 2008 shortly after 12:30 a.m., Plano Police Officers responded to the 6400 block of Independence Parkway where 25-year-old Adrain Odell Porier had been stabbed numerous times.

Porier died.

Soon after, police issued a homicide warrant for Ruiz.

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MCALLEN (CBSDFW.COM) — A former priest has been arrested in Arizona in the 1960 slaying of a 25-year-old Texas schoolteacher and beauty queen.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department arrested 83-year-old John Feit on Tuesday. Feit faces a murder charge in the death of Irene Garza in McAllen, Texas, and is awaiting extradition to that state.

Authorities say Garza visited Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen, where Feit was a priest, on April 16, 1960. Garza, who was Miss All South Texas Sweetheart 1958, had planned to go to confession that evening but never returned home. Her body was found days later in an irrigation canal.

According to an autopsy, Garza died from a head injury.

Feit was a suspect in the killing. The case was reopened in 2004 but a grand jury did not indict the former priest. He was never arrested or charged in the case.

Hidalgo County District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez said he presented the case against Feit to a grand jury last week.

Ricardo said: “We felt that we had sufficient evidence to present to a grand jury. It was presented last week, and they came back with a true bill.”

According to the district attorney, the next step is to see if Feit will contest his extradition to Texas. It is unclear if Feit has an attorney.

The McAllen Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety Ranger Service assisted in the investigation and the arrest.

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HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A federal appeals court has refused an appeal from a Texas death row inmate who was arrested nearly 19 years after an 11-year-old Fort Worth girl was raped and strangled in her home.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected claims from 53-year-old Juan Segundo that his lawyers at his 2006 Tarrant County trial were deficient for failing to properly investigate and develop evidence he was intellectually disabled.

Segundo’s wife was a family friend of Vanessa Villa, who was found dead in 1986 in her home. On the day she was attacked Vanessa had stayed home instead of going with her mother, brother and little sister to run an errand. When her family returned home, less than an hour later, they found her barely clinging to life.

A DNA match in a national database nearly two decades later tied Segundo to her slaying.

DNA evidence also linked Segundo to the rapes and strangling of two other women in the Fort Worth area in 1994 and 1995.

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HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM) – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is seeking the public’s help in solving the 1991 murder of Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Roxyann Allee, she was shot and killed on September 30, 1991.

“Deputy Allee was a committed public servant who dedicated her career to the service and protection of others, and it would be a monumental injustice for her murder to go unsolved,” said Governor Greg Abbott. “We hope that renewing the public’s interest about this case will uncover critical information, and bring closure to the investigation and her family.”

At approximately 7:30 p.m. on September. 30, 1991, Allee was abducted as she walked to her van after shopping at Greenspoint Mall in Houston. Witnesses observed two black men force Allee into her van at gunpoint.

Later that evening, Allee’s van was found burned near the mall. Her body was discovered a short time later at another location, she had been shot and killed. At the time of her death, Allee worked at the Harris County Jail.

Since there is no statute of limitations on the offense of murder, the state has the moral and statutory obligation to pursue these cases to a successful resolution; or until no other lead is viable.

As part of the Office of the Governor and Texas Crime Stopper’s Fallen Hero Reward – Texas Remembers program, a reward up to $20,000 is being offered for information that results in this case being solved. Crime Stoppers of Houston, in partnership with the 100 Club, also is offering a reward up to $10,000 through its Fallen Hero Project. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.

Anyone with information about the murder of Deputy Roxyann Allee can provide anonymous tips in three different ways:

• Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).
• Text the letters “DPS” – followed by your tip – to 274637 (CRIMES) from your cell phone.
• Submit a tip online by clicking here.

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WEATHERFORD (CBSDFW.COM) – As part of an awareness campaign, the Texas Department of Public Safety is shining a spotlight on a different cold case each month. The latest unsolved case that is getting new attention is a Weatherford murder investigation from nearly 30 years ago.

It was July 1987 when Wendy Kae Robinson was found dead. The 19-year-old woman had graduated from Weatherford High School and was a freshman at Weatherford College. She had last been seen near the east end of Lake Weatherford — at an area known by locals as The Wall.

Robinson’s body was located four days later, several miles away. Her killer was never found.

The Texas Rangers are hoping that new attention on this cold case — and similar unsolved cases across the state — could bring in new leads that will help out authorities. Those who may have information about Robinson’s death have numerous ways that they can contact officials.

There is a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest of Robinson’s killer. To be eligible, tipsters must call Parker County Crime Stoppers at 817-599-5555 or submit their tip online. Those who provide information are able to remain anonymous.

Tips can also be submitted to the Weatherford Police Department by calling 817-598-4300, or to the Texas Rangers Cold Case website. The Texas Rangers website also lists more than 75 other cases that are being investigated by authorities across Texas right now.

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ARLINGTON (CBS11) – Kidnapped from her own driveway and later found murdered, Arlington Police are still searching for a gunman four years after Leona Swafford’s death.

Investigators say Swafford, 83, had returned to her Arlington home June 4, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. when a man forced his way inside her car.

They say he beat Swafford and eventually took off with her inside.

After a search, police found Swafford shot in the head.

Her car was later discovered at a nearby apartment complex.

The killer remains a mystery.

The moment will forever stain the memory of Swafford’s daughter Judy Mitchell.

“Roy walked in the house and I was facing the door. He didn’t have to say anything,” said Judy Mitchell. “I didn’t know I could scream that loud. I didn’t know I could hurt that bad.”

Her husband Roy Mitchell, an Arlington police officer, was on duty.

“It’s hard to think about it… and I’ve seen a lot of murders and a lot of deaths in my career,” said Roy Mitchell. “They don’t measure up to this one.”

Neighbor Doni Lucero was on his morning walk when he saw the gunman struggling with and hitting Swafford.

“I could see her face was bloody at this point and that’s when I took off running,” said Lucero.

He said he tried stopping the killer, but lost his grip as the man drove off with Swafford inside.

“You know all the time you think, maybe I could have done something different? Maybe I should have done something different?” questioned Lucero.

Despite several tips, police have to identify a suspect or motive.

“He killed her for nothing. He didn’t take the car, he didn’t take money. What did he gain?” questioned Judy Mitchell.

The “why” is what makes the case so hard to solve for lead detective Ben Lopez.

“Why would the suspect target her of all people?” asked Det. Lopez.

Investigators classify it as a random attacked with zero known connections.

“You don’t wake up and do this kind of stuff. And you probably don’t stop,” said Lucero.

Judy and Roy Mitchell try to focus on the better times with Leona. They find it impossible sometimes with the killer still possibly a free man.

They feel someone has to know something.

“I don’t know how they could keep that information to themselves and still live with themselves,” said Judy Mitchell. “He needs to be punished for what he did. But all the punishment in the world is not going to bring back mom back.”

Anything with information surrounding the case should call Arlington Police.

ARLINGTON (CBS11) – Despite her glamorous senior portraits, Teresa Branch’s brother will remember the teen as a rough and tumble girl.

Teresa Branch (courtesy: Branch family)

“She and I growing up, we were just constantly battling like a couple of boys would do. She was always ready to mix it up with her big brother,” said Claudio Branch.

On an early April morning in 1986, the teen’s car kept stalling out. One of her friends was traveling with her. Branch decided to jog back to her parent’s home–about half a mile away– to get help. Her friend stayed behind in the car.

Investigators say a group of teens discovered Teresa’s lifeless body in the parking lot of Harmony Baptist Church. Teresa had been raped, shot and abandoned on the concrete.

For 31 years, there have been no arrests. Though no witnesses have described his face, thanks to DNA that police collected at the scene three decades ago, investigators have released a composite sketch of a possible suspect.

Parabon NanoLabs sketch off suspect’s DNA

Parabon NanoLabs is behind the so called “Snapshot DNA Phenotyping.” It uses DNA profiles to predict genetic ancestry, eye color, hair color and skin color. Based on the 1986 murder suspect’s DNA profile, the company determined he is of Middle Eastern descent.

The company insists the sketch is not meant to serve as a photograph. It should be regarded as a genetic witness.

“Our information is an objective genetic witness that tells [investigators] here are predictions that we can make about this person. We know it’s theirs because their DNA is there. Using that information they can prioritize their investigation and exclude suspects,” said Dr, Ellen Greytak, Director of Bioinformatics at Parabon NanoLabs.

The company has worked on nearly 150 cases around the world.

Branch said he’s cautiously optimistic.

“They can start looking at the suspects closer to the profile. It is a focused search rather than a big global search,” he explained.

Based on the witness information they have, detectives believe two men may have been involved in Teresa’s murder.

Before the composite sketch, they had no description of either possible suspect. They hope the sketch may jog memories that could help them close the case.

Branch said for the last three decades, life has had to go on. But he has not given up hope that Teresa’s killer could still be found.

“It’s the final chapter in a terrible story. Obviously, justice needs to be served. The person who did this needs to be punished for their crimes,” he said.

FORT WORTH (1080 KRLD) – For the first time in department history, Fort Worth detectives are using state of the art DNA technology they hope will crack open a murder case from 1983.

On June 27, 1983, Julie Fuller disappeared from the Kensington Motel in Arlington after taking out the trash, police said. Her nude body was found the next day in Fort Worth. She had been raped and murdered and her killer has never been found.

No sign of Julie Fuller’s killer was ever found, although police acquired some DNA evidence that didn’t produce a match.

Over the past three decades, police have eliminated potential suspects and entered DNA into the national database without any matches.

An image of what the 45-year-old killer of Julie Fuller might look like. (Fort Worth Police Department)

Thomas O’Brien with Fort Worth police says recently they have reached out to Parabon Nanolabs and got a Snapshot DNA phenotyping report.

“The company makes predictions on skin color, eye color, hair color and facial shape, all with using the killers DNA,” he says.

An image of what the 65-year-old killer of Julie Fuller might look like. (Fort Worth Police Department)

Fort Worth Police Department O’Brien says in this case, the killer was a white man with blonde hair and likely blue eyes, with light freckling.

Composites of the potential suspect at ages 25, 45, and 65 have been released, and they’re hoping someone can identify the suspect.

DUNCANVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) – She was the definition of a “sweet, old lady,” according to her family, but five years after she was gunned down in her home, no one has been arrested for the murder of Barbara Strain.

“We have no clue why this would be done to her — of all people,” said Morgan Poole, Strain’s granddaughter.

Photo of Barbara Strain. (credit: Texas Dept. of Public Safety)

The 74-year-old great grandmother died March 6, 2013 at her Duncanville home. Just after 7 a.m., she answered the door, talked to a stranger briefly, and shut the door. Then four bullets were fired from outside the house.

“I heard her yell when she was hit,” said Poole.

Right after the murder, the family handed out thousands of fliers, announcing a $15,000 reward for information. Duncanville police also released a sketch of a person of interest.

(credit: Duncanville Police)

It was a face Strain’s family didn’t recognize. After all of the family’s efforts, they’re still not any closer to knowing why.

“Not being able to sleep well at night because I don’t know who it is. I don’t know why they did it and I don’t know if they’re going to come after me or my kids,” said Poole.

Police have been working on this case for five years, ruling out several suspects, but they have yet to make any arrests. The family hired a private investigator in January, hoping some fresh eyes will finally lead to an arrest.

“I feel like somebody knows something and maybe they’re scared to say anything,” said Poole.

The $15,000 reward is still available. Anyone with information is asked to call Duncanville police.

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The National Center for Exploited Children is calling on the public to help them identify a John Doe found in 1985.

The organization partnered with Parabon NanoLabs to create a new, color 3D facial reconstruction in the decades-old case.

With the release of the new image, the Parker County Sheriff’s Office and the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office are asking for assistance from the public to help identify the young man.

His skeletal remains were found on October 27, 1985 on a ranch off State Highway 51 in Parker County. A coin from 1984 was found with the remains, thus it is believed he disappeared in 1984 or early 1985.

Do you recognize this person? Contact contact NCMEC at 1-800-843-5678, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office at 1-817-920-5700 (ext. 8388) or the Parker County Sheriff’s Office at 1-682-229-2330 if so.

DNA Phenotyping revealed the John Doe is Caucasian with a very fair or fair skin tone, brown or hazel eyes, and brown hair. He is believed to have been between 14 and 21 years of age. Clothing items found with the remains include a white fleece “Union Bay” brand jacket, a gray cotton “Raphael” brand jacket (size small), a dark gray cotton blend “Gimmick” brand jacket (size small), “Guess” brand blue jeans with leather trim (size 29×32) and “Jockey” brand underwear (size 32-34).

If you have any information regarding the identity of John Doe, please contact NCMEC at 1-800-843-5678, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office at 1-817-920-5700 (ext. 8388) or the Parker County Sheriff’s Office at 1-682-229-2330.

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Fort Worth Police released images they hope could help identify a victim in a more than five-year-old cold case.

computerized image of deceased woman found in 2013 in Fort Worth (FWPD)

Police said on March 20, 2013, around 9:00 a.m., a construction crew discovered a human skull in a field at 7300 Calmont Ave.

Homicide detectives arrived and found a shallow grave near the skull.

The grave contained the rest of the body. The remains have yet to be identified.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office provided the following description of the body:

Hispanic Female
Age: 21 to 35 years old
4 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall; small frame
Long, wavy brown hair; layered up to 13 inches long
Dental/teeth pattern was a fixed three-bridge unit involving teeth 6, 7 and 8 (right-central and lateral incisors and canine).

FWPD cold case poster

The time of death is believed to be October 2012 until early 2013; more than likely fall of 2012 due to extensive decomposition and a period of cooler weather. A food wrapper was found in the grave on Oct. 11, 2012. The death was ruled a homicide.

On June 14, 2013, a clay facial reconstruction and initial press release were performed in hopes of identifying the victim; she is still unidentified.

clay facial reconstruction in Fort Worth cold case (FWPD)

Anyone with tips/information can contact 817-392-4340.

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, working with the Highland Park Department of Public Safety, arrested George Guo, 56, for the attack of Dr. Katherine Bascone in June 1988, which is now a capital murder case.

George Guo

The DA’s office said Guo sexually assaulted and strangled Dr. Bascone on June 19, 1988 in Highland Park.

Dr. Bascone was 28 years old when she was attacked.

Due to her strangulation, Dr. Bascone suffered an anoxic brain injury which left her blind, unable to control her extremities, confined to bed, in need of rehabilitation and needing lifetime assistive/nursing care.

On February 22, 2018, while in hospice care, Dr. Bascone died of her injuries.

Guo, a graduate of UT Southwestern Medical School and a former medical doctor, had relocated to the Houston area. The Highland Park Department of Public Safety in conjunction with the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, the Harris District Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force, the Houston Police Department SWAT team, and the Harris County Sheriff’s Department arrested Guo on Wednesday without incident in Houston.

Guo will be brought back to Dallas County, where he will be booked on a single charge of capital murder.

Guo, a registered sex offender, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole and is eligible for the death penalty.

He was convicted in 1991 for a home burglary in Highland Park where he broke into apartment of a 19-year-old SMU student and began to sexually assault her when the police were able to break down the door of the apartment and catch Guo in the act. A licensed medical doctor at the time, police found Guo is possession of a ski mask, military tear gas (mace), screwdrivers, a glass cutter, condoms, and multiple syringes filled with hospital grade sedatives.

In 1999, in Meadows Place, Texas, a suburb of Houston, Guo was caught breaking into the home where a juvenile female lived with the intent to commit sexual assault. He was convicted of burglary with intent to commit sexual assault and sentenced to 14 years in prison. He was released from prison in 2013.