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Dallas girl, 17, charged with murder hours after an AMBER alert was issued for her
Natalie Navarro briefly went missing before she was charged with killing Arturo Pena, 21, on Friday, September 1
A Dallas girl, 17, has been charged with murder hours after an AMBER alert was raised for her.17-year-old Natalie Navarro briefly went missing before she was charged with killing Arturo Pena, 21, on Friday, September 1. Natalie was arrested three days after Arturo was found shot to death inside a car in Garland, Texas. Police are also looking for 21-year-old Yordy Martinez in connection with the shooting.
At the time the AMBER alert was issued, Yordy was listed as a suspect in Natalie’s disappearance. Police received information that Natalie had disappeared under “suspicious circumstances” from an apartment complex in east Dallas at around 1:30am, according to the Daily Mail.
Natalie and Yordy had warrants for their arrest in connection with Arturo’s murder at the time the AMBER alert was issued. It is feared that Yordy may have fled across the US-Mexico border. Yordy is believed to have escaped in a dark gray, four-door vehicle.
What was the motive for the murder?
Garland Police have yet to provide more details on what led to Arturo’s murder and Natalie’s arrest. Police have said they are “trying to figure out exactly” how the three people involved – Natalie, Arturo and Yordy – knew each other.
Natalie was located and arrested by police within just an hour after an AMBER alert was issued for her. Police then subsequently said she was “safe and in custody.”
Police have said that Yordi, who is at large, has a rap sheet including a felony indictment for allegedly shooting a gun last year in November into a house in Garland. He has been described as having a missing tooth.
“There’s a lot of stuff going out, we’ve collected a lot of evidence, so we’re trying to process everything right now,” Lt. Richard Maldonado of the Garland Police Department said. He added that investigators have “yet to totally determine” a motive.
