Forensic evidence leads to arrest of Fort Worth man in murder of Cleburne woman
A 31-year-old Fort Worth man wanted in a 2018 murder of a 24-year-old Cleburne woman was booked into jail early Monday, according to jail records.
Police did not comment on a motive for the November 2018 shooting death.
Daricko Brewer, 31, faces a charge of murder, according to Fort Worth jail records. He was in the Tarrant County Jail Monday afternoon in lieu of $250,000 bond.
Brewer is accused of fatally shooting 24-year-old Katie Jean McHowell, a mother of two, while the two were in a car on Nov. 2, 2018.
Fort Worth police responded to a report of a minor traffic accident on Nov. 2, 2018, in the 5100 block of Brentwood Stair Road.
Officers discovered a brown sedan in a drainage ditch.
The body of a woman later identified as Katie J. McHowell was discovered in the car, dead of an apparent gunshot wound. A gun was in the car with her, police said.
Officials with the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office ruled that McHowell died from a gunshot wound to the neck and her death was a homicide.
Forensic testing led detectives to believe Brewer was in the car. Police did not release any information on the forensic testing.
A warrant was issued for Brewer and he was taken into custody on Monday.
