04-08-2016, 07:53 PM
Murder at University of Texas -- Suspect Arrested
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Haruka Weiser, 18, was seen leaving the F. Loren Winship Drama building on the University of Texas, Austin campus between 9:30 and 9:45 p.m. Sunday.
The first-year dance student texted her roommate saying she was on the way to their dorm room, police say.
She never made it back to the dorm and her roommates reported her missing the next day at 11:00 a.m. Her body was found in Waller Creek on Tuesday, an area between her dorm and the drama building. RIP.
Police released a campus surveillance video of young black man walking with a woman's bike in the area the evening Haruka went missing.
Fortunately, a woman and a set of firefighters recognized the male as homeless teen who'd started a trash fire in the area on Monday and then been taken to a local shelter by police.
The full surveillance video showed the suspect following the victim, reaching into his back pocket and pulling out what was described in the arrest warrant as "a shiny rigid object."
Investigators examined patrol car footage of the suspect recorded Monday at the fire site. They realized his pants, shoes and bag appeared similar to what was worn by the person following Haruka.
"We saw things in that camera that connected him to this crime and from there we went and picked him up," Chief Art Acevedo told told the media today. There were several items recovered from the fire "which we believe belonged to our victim," Acevedo said.
Acevedo said the murder appears to be random and that the suspect has not confessed. A motive for the killing is not yet known.
Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/firefighters...us-murder/
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Haruka Weiser, 18, was seen leaving the F. Loren Winship Drama building on the University of Texas, Austin campus between 9:30 and 9:45 p.m. Sunday.
The first-year dance student texted her roommate saying she was on the way to their dorm room, police say.
She never made it back to the dorm and her roommates reported her missing the next day at 11:00 a.m. Her body was found in Waller Creek on Tuesday, an area between her dorm and the drama building. RIP.
Police released a campus surveillance video of young black man walking with a woman's bike in the area the evening Haruka went missing.
Fortunately, a woman and a set of firefighters recognized the male as homeless teen who'd started a trash fire in the area on Monday and then been taken to a local shelter by police.
The full surveillance video showed the suspect following the victim, reaching into his back pocket and pulling out what was described in the arrest warrant as "a shiny rigid object."
Investigators examined patrol car footage of the suspect recorded Monday at the fire site. They realized his pants, shoes and bag appeared similar to what was worn by the person following Haruka.
"We saw things in that camera that connected him to this crime and from there we went and picked him up," Chief Art Acevedo told told the media today. There were several items recovered from the fire "which we believe belonged to our victim," Acevedo said.
Acevedo said the murder appears to be random and that the suspect has not confessed. A motive for the killing is not yet known.
Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/firefighters...us-murder/
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