Update: Border Agent Confesses to Being Serial Killer Who Targeted Sex Workers

Last edited Sat Sep 15, 2018, 07:07 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Law & Crime

A long-serving border agent was arrested by authorities in Laredo who have been hunting down a serial killer terrorizing women in South Texas over the past month.

Juan David Ortiz is a nine-year veteran of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and now-former supervisor there. He's facing at least four murder convictions after being taken into custody early Saturday morning, according to a press conference held by Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar.

Ortiz initially fled from state troopers after being approached, then hid in the parking lot of a Laredo hotel where he was subsequently arrested, the agency said in comments to the media.

According to Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz, authorities were able to hone in on Ortiz after his fifth would-be victim escaped and accused Ortiz of trying to kidnap her. In a statement released to the Associated Press, Alaniz confirmed that all of the women targeted by Ortiz worked as prostitutes.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/crime/border-agent-confesses-to-being-serial-killer-who-targeted-sex-workers/

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I've updated the story, as the agent is reported to have confessed.

Here's a tweet by the reporter of the original story, which Law & Crime cited:

Link to tweet

Here's the original post.

[div class"excerpt"]The Webb County Sheriff's office has identified the man alleged to be responsible for the murders of four women and the kidnapping of another. Sheriff Martin Cuellar identified the man as Juan David Ortiz a 10 year veteran supervisor of the U.S. Border Patrol. Ortiz was detained overnight and formally arrested and charged earlier this afternoon. D.A. Chilo Alaniz says that Ortiz will face 4 murder charges and one count of aggravated kidnapping.

All of these cases are related to the nearly two week murder investigation of two other women who were found killed in a rural part of Webb County. Earlier this morning officials were dispatched to another part of the County where a third body was discovered. The fourth body was reported discovered just after 12pm this afternoon along I-35 just north of Laredo. Another woman who is suspected to have been a fifth victim is said to have escaped from Ortiz and alerted authorities to him.

According to the District Attorney all of the women were prostitutes who were allegedly picked up by Ortiz. Officials say that as of now they do not believe that there are any other bodies that have yet to be discovered. They also say that Ortiz was acting alone and no one else is suspected in these murders.

Read more: http://www.kgns.tv/content/news/Suspect-Identified-as-Border-Patrol-Agent-in-Multiple-Murder-Case--493384811.html





ETA: This breaking, and is the entire story so far. Will try to update, especially with the President's response.

ETA: Here's a link to the A.P. story, which doesn't offer much more.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2018-09-15/sheriff-us-border-patrol-agent-suspected-of-killing-4-women