Thread: Suspect at large in teen's slaying

(My Comments... It's time to deport "legal immigrants" who commit criminal acts. Why would we want these people in our country?)

Suspect at large in teen's slaying

By TRACI SHURLEY
Star-Telegram Staff Writer


MELANIE GOODWIN


ERNESTO PINA REYES

CARROLLTON -- Police made one arrest Thursday but were still searching for the 20-year-old man seen on a surveillance videotape dragging a body from a University of North Texas sophomore's car and starting a fire where her body was discovered.

Authorities found the body of Melanie Goodwin in Carrollton early Tuesday. The Dallas County medical examiner's office said Thursday that the 19-year-old died of multiple blunt-force injuries.

Ernesto Pina Reyes of Denton is wanted on suspicion of murder in the case. Police said it appears he did not know Goodwin. According to an arrest warrant affidavit released Thursday, a clerk at a Denton QuikTrip saw Reyes asking a woman matching Goodwin's description for a ride about 1:40 a.m. Tuesday.

A little over two hours later, the surveillance video, from a Carrollton business near the site where the burned body was found, captured Reyes driving up in Goodwin's car, according to the affidavit.

Carrollton police arrested a Carrollton resident in the case late Thursday. Donovan R. Young, 19, was being held on suspicion of tampering with evidence. Police declined to comment further on the arrest.

Carrollton police Sgt. John Singleton said Thursday afternoon that detectives are working with other law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. marshal's office, to find Reyes. They released a driver's license photo of him and asked anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact local police.

According to the affidavit, police traced calls that Reyes made from a telephone at the convenience store to an acquaintance who identified him as the man seen with Goodwin. That person also told police that Reyes had singed hair and burns on his forearms.

Criminal history

According to court records, Reyes was indicted on a charge of burglary of a building in February 2006 in Denton County. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, three years' probation and given deferred adjudication, meaning the conviction does not appear on his record as long as he completed terms of the probation.

Then, in early February, Reyes was arrested on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge and was later released. A Denton County assistant district attorney filed a motion April 12 to revoke his probation and enter a guilty finding on the burglary.

That document says Reyes failed to fulfill the terms of his probation by not completing a drug education program ordered by the court, by failing to attend weekly counseling, by not completing four hours of community service weekly and by possessing marijuana. He was back in the Denton County Jail in late April.

While being held there, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a hold on Reyes, who was born in Mexico but has U.S. permanent resident status, according to officials and police records. The agency took custody of him June 20, jail officials said.

Carl Rusnok, a spokesman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in a prepared statement Thursday that the agency eventually released Reyes because his crime was not a deportable offense for legal residents.

Reyes returned to Denton County court Aug. 2 and was sentenced to 180 days in jail on the burglary charge. He was released Aug. 26, according to jail records.

Prayers for family

On Wednesday night, more than 400 people gathered at an Arlington church to pray for Goodwin's family and remember her. She was a graduate of Arlington's Bowie High School and was active in Theatre Arlington.

Patti Diou, former director of Theatre Arlington, met Goodwin about 10 years ago. Over the years, Goodwin was a constant figure for the group, helping with theater camp, setting up children's productions and working the box office.

Staff writers Eva-Marie Ayala, Mitch Mitchell and Domingo Ramirez Jr. contributed to this report.

Suspect at large

Carrollton police issued an arrest warrant late Wednesday for Ernesto Pina Reyes, 20, of Denton. He is wanted on suspicion of murder in the death of Melanie Goodwin, 19, of Arlington, police said in a news release.

Description: Six feet tall, 245 pounds, black hair and brown eyes. Last seen wearing a white striped shirt, short pants and white tennis shoes, according to police.

Seen with a woman matching Goodwin's description about 1:40 a.m. Tuesday at a Denton QuikTrip in the 3700 block of south Interstate 35E, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

Left the QuikTrip with Goodwin in a red 2002, two-door Saturn with Texas license plates Z57-WBT, police have said. The car was found Wednesday near Dallas Drive in Denton, police said.

Captured on surveillance camera about 4 a.m. in the 3200 block of Keller Springs Road in Carrollton, according to the affidavit.

Have a tip? Anyone with information is asked to contact the Carrollton Police Department at 972-466-4775.

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Traci Shurley, 817-548-5494
tshurley@star-telegram.com

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How sad . Another young American college student murder at the hands of a career crimminal Illlegal Alien.

They are murdering our youngest and brightest citizens. Our future.

"They just want to work."

Note the Fox story:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298459,00.html

What's missing? Any mention of LA RAZA.

I strongly suggest we contact news orgs to contact La Raza in this case to get a statement. They can:

1) condemn the action of the illegal alien or....
2) refuse to comment.

EITHER WAY we need the media bringing up their name in this case as they do when they try to present illegals as "victims." They shouldn't be allowed to have it both ways. And because they are allowed that, they still have corporate sponsorship.

Originally Posted by ConcernedCitizen

How sad . Another young American college student murder at the hands of a career crimminal Illlegal Alien.

They are murdering our youngest and brightest citizens. Our future.

Just to play devil's advocate, I almost never go to convenience stores in the day and NEVER at night because they are magnets for crime. Hasn't everyone learned that? This college "kid" is going to a convenience store to buy media-marketed sugar water at 2 AM and apparently agreeing to give a ride to some illegal. Her parents, for not teaching her how to eschew the teaching of Political Correctness, are largely to blame. Another example of how "tolerance" kills.

I just saw this on Fox, where they described him as a 'resident alien' - is that the new code word?

Apparently the guy was a legal resident.

I wonder if he had a criminal record in Mexico. I wonder if anybody did any vetting of this legal resident career criminal, before he was admitted.

Welcome to Alipac LayerSeven.

I doubt it. He's probably sponsored by a family member that doesn't mind living with criminals.

Dixie

I just saw this on Fox, where they described him as a 'resident alien' - is that the new code word?

Clever, aren't they? But not clever enough.

Gone are the days of relative safety. Now we must accept the fact that MONSTERS dwell among us.