On April 14, 2005, Carolina Tejeda found her parents, Luz and Antonio Rodriguez, beaten and strangled inside their Cleveland home.
"I knew it would come. I didn't know this long, but I knew this day would come," Tejeda told ABC-13."The community has always kept our parents in their prayers, and we're just very thankful, and God is good."
Antonio Rodriguez was an 80-year-old WWII veteran. He and his wife Luz, 77, were very well-known in their small-town community. People who knew the couple told ABC13 that they were kind and generous the day of their murders in 2005.Investigators revealed unidentified DNA was left behind. It was entered into the Combined DNA Index System , a national DNA database, but it wasn't until 2021 that it got a hit, according to the Texas Rangers.
They said that hit led them to a Gatesville prison to Thompson-Lemoine, serving time for unrelated drug charges. Detectives from the Cleveland Police Department and Texas Ranger Brandon Bess traveled to the prison to obtain a DNA sample from her. The rangers said it was a match to the DNA found in 2005, and on Friday, Thompson-Lemoine was arrested. She had been residing in Freeport after her release from prison.Tejeda believes more people were involved. The motive is still unclear, but the arrest, she says, is a start. She encourages other victims' families to keep hope alive, even when cases turn cold.
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