Suspects in Euless slaying also accused of crime spree afterward

Two people who are suspects in the slaying of a Euless man last week are also accused of going on a crime spree hours after the killing, police said Tuesday.

Police identified the suspects as Jay Aaron Balch, 23, of Hurst and Christian Angel Escobedo, 26, of Grand Prairie.

They are accused of killing Tsvetomir Neshkov, 27, at his Euless home in the 700 block of Henslee Drive at about 11:20 p.m. Wednesday.

“The three were together and there was an altercation — I wouldn’t call it a fight,” police Sgt. Scott Peterson said Tuesday in a telephone interview.

“They knew each other,” Peterson said, though he declined to say how.

Neshkov was taken to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Grapevine and then to Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, where he died during surgery.

Police said they believe Balch and Escobedo went on a 12-hour crime spree in Trophy Club and Bedford on Thursday.

The two are accused of a robbery at a Trophy Club residence at about 8 a.m. that day, police said. They are accused of attempting to cash a forged check at a Bedford bank about three hours later. A teller declined to cash it, and the two left, police said.

Next, they are accused of breaking into a vehicle in the bank parking lot and driving away. Minutes later, they were arrested by Bedford police near the bank.

Bedford police alerted Euless of the arrests when they checked for warrants and found a Euless capital murder warrant.

“Our detectives had been looking for them, and once we heard that Bedford had picked them up, our charges were just added,” Peterson said.

Balch and Escobedo face charges of capital murder in Euless. Balch is expected to be charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and Escobedo with failure to report a felony involving death, Euless police said.

In addition, Balch will be charged with possession of a controlled substance and burglary of a motor vehicle in Bedford and robbery in Trophy Club, according to police reports.

Escobedo faces Bedford charges of possession of a controlled substance and forgery of a financial instrument.

The two remained in the Euless Jail on Tuesday. Their bail amounts were not available.

This report includes information from the Star-Telegram archives.

This story was originally published April 24, 2017 at 5:26 PM with the headline "Suspects in Euless slaying also accused of crime spree afterward."