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All was quiet Thursday outside the Schunior Village condominiums, where a University of Texas-Pan American student who graduated just days before was found murdered earlier this week in the apartment she shared with her brother.
Larissa Cavazos graduated with honors from UTPA on Saturday, receiving a bachelors degree in speech pathology and English. A straight-A student, Larissa had planned to use speech therapy to help children, her father said. She graduated from Harlingen South High School in 2000.
Police say damage to the front door of Larissas Edinburg home indicates forced entry. The residence, at 1029 French Ave., is just blocks from the university, and is home to many college students.
Larissa was discovered inside a bedroom with a gunshot wound to her upper body, said Edinburg Police Chief Quirino Muñoz. He is awaiting autopsy reports to declare an official ruling on the cause of death.
Muñoz said police are in the preliminary stages of the investigation. They currently do not have any suspects or a motive for the murder. They are piecing together a timeline. Her roommate, who family identified as Larissas brother, Sergio Jr., was not home at the time of the murder.
Judging by the body, the killing probably occurred late Tuesday evening or early Wednesday morning, Muñoz said.
A neighbor who lives in the same complex went over to Cavazos residence Wednesday afternoon and upon seeing the damaged front door became worried and entered the residence, finding her body and immediately calling police.
http://www.themonitor.com/SiteProce...lates/Details.cfm&StoryID=10764&Section=Local
Larissa Cavazos graduated with honors from UTPA on Saturday, receiving a bachelors degree in speech pathology and English. A straight-A student, Larissa had planned to use speech therapy to help children, her father said. She graduated from Harlingen South High School in 2000.
Police say damage to the front door of Larissas Edinburg home indicates forced entry. The residence, at 1029 French Ave., is just blocks from the university, and is home to many college students.
Larissa was discovered inside a bedroom with a gunshot wound to her upper body, said Edinburg Police Chief Quirino Muñoz. He is awaiting autopsy reports to declare an official ruling on the cause of death.
Muñoz said police are in the preliminary stages of the investigation. They currently do not have any suspects or a motive for the murder. They are piecing together a timeline. Her roommate, who family identified as Larissas brother, Sergio Jr., was not home at the time of the murder.
Judging by the body, the killing probably occurred late Tuesday evening or early Wednesday morning, Muñoz said.
A neighbor who lives in the same complex went over to Cavazos residence Wednesday afternoon and upon seeing the damaged front door became worried and entered the residence, finding her body and immediately calling police.
http://www.themonitor.com/SiteProce...lates/Details.cfm&StoryID=10764&Section=Local
