TX - Up To 10 Cold Cases Re-Opened in Texas

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This is due to Raul Meza Jr, arrested by US Marshals in Texas

 

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‘I think you are looking for me:' Convicted Texas killer booted from towns in ‘90s arrested again - NewsBreak

1 of 2 | This booking photo provided by the Austin, Texas, Police Department shows Raul Meza Jr. Meza Jr., a Texas man who authorities describe as a “seria

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When Raul Meza Jr. walked out of a Texas prison in 1993 after serving about a decade for killing an 8-year-old girl, outrage followed him everywhere.​

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“That Meza could be allowed to walk the streets .... dear God, there’s no excuse for that,” said Joe James Sawyer, a prominent criminal defense attorney in Austin since the late 1980s. “It’s a story of sheer ineptitude and incompetence.” In a statement Friday, Austin police said Chief Joseph Chacon had opened an administrative review “regarding potential investigative lapses” regarding the cases involving Meza, now 62. It did not comment further.

Police said they found Meza with a gun, zip ties, duct tape and a flashlight. According to court records, Meza made a call to the Austin Police Department on May 24 in which he confessed to one murder and implicated himself in another. He was transferred to a detective after first dialing the city’s help line that is used to schedule trash pickups and report broken traffic lights.
“My name is Raul Meza,” the caller said. “I think you are looking for me.”
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