UPDATE:
(Tyler, TX) — The uncle of an East Texas girl is now charged with murder in her death.
Gustavo Zavala-Garcia is accused of killing Kayla Gomez Orozco last week after she disappeared from a Bullard church.
The ten-year-old’s remains were found in a well over the weekend, and Zavala-Garcia is the last person believed to have seen the girl.
A motive hasn’t been released.
(Tyler, TX) — A suspect in the murder of a ten-year-old east Texas girl is being held on a federal immigration detainer.
Kayla Gomez went missing from a church lobby in Bullard last week.
Her body was found yesterday in a well behind a home in the town, about 15 miles south of Tyler.
WFAA-TV reports the suspect is a male relative identified as Gustavo Zavala-Garcia.
The Smith County sheriff tells the station that Zavala-Garcia will likely be charged with murder early this week.
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