Husband confessed to killing young mother in Fort Worth home, police say
A young mother was fatally shot in the head by her husband at a Fort Worth home where she and her family were staying on Labor Day weekend, police said.
The victim’s husband was arrested after he drove almost 200 miles to west central Texas and then called 911 to turn himself in, police wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit.
The suspect, 29-year-old Josue Bayardo Rodas, faces a murder charge in the case, according to the affidavit obtained by the Star-Telegram.
When officers arrived at the house in the 2600 block of Yeager Street about 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, they found 21-year-old Glenda Maria Aguilera Rubio lying on a bed in the kitchen with a gunshot wound to her upper body and head, a homicide detective wrote in the affidavit. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to a GoFundMe post organized for Rubio’s funeral expenses, she leaves behind two children — a 6-year-old daughter and a 4-year-old daughter.
Witnesses’ statements to homicide detectives
A woman who lives at the Yeager Street home told homicide detectives that Rubio came to the house on Wednesday, Aug. 27, with Rodas and her two children after a fight with family members at their place of residence. During that fight, Rodas allegedly pointed a gun at other family members, according to the affidavit.
Rubio and Rodas intended to spend a few nights at the home on Yeager Street and then move out of state, the witness told the detectives.
On Friday, Aug. 29, Rodas, Rubio and a man who lives at the home were drinking alcohol together. According to the affidavit, the male resident went to sleep between 10 and 11 p.m.
The female resident arrived home at about midnight, when Rubio and Rodas were still drinking alcohol, the affidavit states. The woman told police she went to bed about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday.
The woman told detectives that at about 7 a.m., Rubio’s two daughters came into her bedroom and asked her to check on their mom because “she had blood on her,” according to the affidavit.
The woman then went to the kitchen and found Rubio on the bed with blood on her face, she told police. The front door to the house was open, so the woman went outside to try to find Rodas, according to the affidavit.
She noticed Rubio’s black Toyota Corolla was missing and so was Rodas, the affidavit states.
According to the affidavit, a nearby surveillance video showed a black sedan similar to a Toyota Corolla leaving the home at about 4 a.m. and driving west on E. Lancaster Avenue.
Suspect confesses, arrested in west central Texas
Rodas was arrested later that morning in Sweetwater, Texas, which is about 200 miles west of Fort Worth, police said.
The Sweetwater Police Department responded to the Murphy Gas Station at 405 NE Georgia Ave. about 9 a.m. when Rodas dialed 911, according to the affidavit.
When a Sweetwater police sergeant arrived at the gas station, he spoke with Rodas, who confessed that he had committed a homicide in Fort Worth, the affidavit states.
Rodas was taken into custody and remanded to the Nolan County Jail. He was transported back to Fort Worth and was being held in the Tarrant County Jail on Tuesday. His bond has not been set.