A deranged Texas man is due in courtroom Monday on allegations that he beat his spouse to loss of life with a clothes iron — after stealing her 4 pet canine and dumping them on the freeway.
Probability Zane Chavez, 34, was hit with homicide expenses after police confirmed up on the couple’s Houston residence final week and located him drenched in blood and the physique of his battered 32-year-old spouse, Kristen Chavez, within the bed room, in accordance with police.
“Even though it was not a good situation, [she was] staying in it, hoping that things will change,” her heartbroken mom, Laura Bell, informed KRIV-TV Information of the connection. “We’re hoping that he remains in jail until the trial and throughout the trial for him to be held accountable for what he’s done.”
Police stated Probability Chavez’s alleged night time of terror started hours earlier than he was arrested when he allegedly stole his spouse’s 4 canine and deserted them on the facet of the Katy Freeway.
One of many pups, a Dachshund named Peaches, has but to be discovered, KRIV reported.
Then, shortly earlier than 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, police had been referred to as to the couple’s home in Houston’s Central Northwest neighborhood to seek out the accused killer within the doorway together with his arms up and blood splattered on his arms, legs and clothes, in accordance with the outlet.
Kristen Chavez, who had blunt drive trauma to her physique, was pronounced useless on the scene. Police imagine her husband used a clothes iron to repeatedly strike her, the native outlet reported.
Kristen Chavez’s household stated her canine that he allegedly discarded like trash had been “her babies” as a result of she didn’t have kids, and stated three of the canine had been later discovered by buddies and volunteers — however Peaches stays on the unfastened.
We’ve simply been placing it on the market and even going into the neighborhoods in search of to see if anybody has seen her,” Bell stated, including that discovering the opposite pets “was like a miracle.”
Probability Chavez was booked on homicide expenses and ordered held on the Harris County Jail on a $250,000 bond and is because of return to courtroom on Monday.
For those who or somebody you recognize is affected by any of the problems raised on this story, name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or textual content START to 88788.
