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County Deputies Capture Alleged Murderer
Posted 8/8/2006 06:07 PM

Leon Andrade is wanted for murder in Harris County, Texas.
Story by J. Turchetta Email | Bio

Randolph County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man accused of killing a man with a machete in Houston, Texas. They say Leon Lugo Andrade is an illegal alien from Mexico.

Andrade lived in the Central Towers building in Elkins and worked at Hayes Scott Rustic Fence and Lumber in Mill Creek.

Two Randolph County Sheriffs Deputies and the U-S Marshall service served a warrant for Leon Andrade.

Andrade is wanted in Harris County Texas for the murder of William Huang. The authorities there say Andrade used a machete to cut Huang repeatedly killing him.

Andrade is an illegal alien from Mexico. He had been working in a lumber yard in Randolph County for the last few months.

Andrade was hired at the lumber yard through a Lewisburg placement service called SpanForce. I asked the Sheriffs Department if the lumber yard could be held responsible for not doing a background check on Andrade, Sheriff Jack Roy told us no.

Roy says the placement service should have done the needed checks. Andrade is in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail. He is awaiting his extradition hearing.

12 News tried contacting Span Force to ask how Andrade could have been sent out to work. The person who answered the phone said the person we needed to speak with was not available.

The authorities arrested another illegal alien with Andrade. Louis Martinez is also in the regional jail tonight. Police are looking into Martinez's possible involvement in the crimes.

Bond has been denied for both men.

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