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Authorities searching for a missing Texas woman believe she was killed by her estranged husband and her whereabouts are unknown.
The Denton Police Department and the FBI are continuing to search Marjulin Daiuru Briceño Arrieta and Richard Pastor Perezsaid the police in a press release on Tuesday, October 13.
Authorities have obtained an arrest warrant charging Perez, 49, with the murder of Briceño Arrieta after investigators found evidence indicating she was killed, according to authorities.
“Prior to her disappearance, Marjulin had never gone a day without seeing her children,” said interim Denton Police Chief Tony Salas he said at a press conference, according to CBS News.
Briceño Arrieta, 42, has three children.
She had not been seen since about 6:45 p.m. on Sept. 28, when family members reported her missing that night after she left work to meet Perez, 49, at his Denton apartment, according to police.
Several calls to both their phones went to voicemail, raising concern among Briceño Arrieta’s family members because of Perez’s alleged history of domestic abuse against her, police said.
Investigators eventually found her car near Perez’s apartment, with his white 2013 Ford Escape found, according to authorities. Since then the vehicle has been located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Investigators learned the license plate on Perez’s vehicle had been altered and tracked down his getaway Ford using Flock cameras, police said. His vehicle was first found the afternoon of Briceño Arrieta’s disappearance, on Highway 287 in Wichita Falls.
The next day, Perez’s car was found in Donley County, southeast of Amarillo, after 1 a.m. on Sept. 29, according to authorities. Later that evening, his car was seen traveling westbound on Interstate 40, west of Amarillo.
After that, police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, found Perez’s car in the city, where the vehicle was seen at a local hotel, after a license plate was struck, police said.
“Investigators recovered video evidence that showed the vehicle arriving at a hotel on Wednesday, September 30,” police said in the news release. “A man matching Perez’s description was also seen leaving the vehicle before abandoning it in the parking lot. No one else was seen with him.
There is a $2,000 reward for information leading to Perez’s arrest in connection with Briceño Arrieta’s disappearance, according to authorities.
“My mother is everything I have, she is the one who has everything,” said the 18-year-old daughter of Briceño Arrieta, Jehtsabeth Arenas Bricenoto WFAA-TV in an interview translated from Spanish.
“To make an anonymous report about Perez’s whereabouts, please call Denton County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-388-TIPS (8477) or visit www.dentoncountycrimestoppers.com,” police said in the news release.
