84-year-old Texas man accused of killing roommate and her dog in

An 84-year-old Texas man has been charged with first-degree homicide after allegedly killing his roommate and her canine, authorities mentioned.

Police in Austin, Texas responded to a deceased individual name at a house within the metropolis’s College Hills space on Monday afternoon, in accordance with a news release from the department. Austin Police Division officers discovered a lifeless lady and canine inside the house. The girl was later recognized as Linda Mlsna, 83, the division mentioned. 

APD detective Israel Pina described the scene as a “very, very brutal assault,” according to CBS affiliate CBS Austin. It is the 63rd murder within the metropolis this 12 months, police mentioned. 

Whereas investigating Mlsna’s dying, murder detectives discovered that her roommate was unaccounted for. Jack Moore was a mutual pal of Mlsna’s son, CBS Austin reported, and had stayed on as a roommate when Mlsna’s son moved away. Lupita Diaz, a neighbor who lived throughout the road from the house, advised CBS Austin that Mlsna had begun having points residing with Moore.

“It was in all probability like a month in the past that she advised me she did not really feel comfy with him round,” Diaz mentioned.

The APD’s Tactical Intelligence Unit and the Lone Star Fugitive Job Power arrested Moore on an unrelated warrant associated to carjacking, CBS Austin reported. Investigators discovered that Moore had been utilizing Mlsna’s bank cards to make purchases after her dying. 

Moore confessed to killing Mlsna and her canine, taking the bank cards and formulating a plan to flee the nation throughout an interview with detectives, the APD mentioned. 

Moore was arrested on a cost of first-degree homicide and booked into the Travis County Jail. He’s being held on $1 million bail, CBS Austin reported. The station additionally reported Moore has a felony historical past and has served jail time, however police advised the affiliate that there had been no home violence-related calls to Mlsna’s dwelling.

“We should not underestimate anybody. He is 84 years outdated,” mentioned Pina. “However you simply cannot predict who’s harmful and who isn’t. It’s disturbing that you just by no means know, when you have got somebody residing with you, who you are truly bringing in until you totally vet them, otherwise you’ve recognized them your complete life.”