‘Serial killer’ US Border Patrol agent charged with murder of 4 prostitutes after woman escapes
A fifth woman managed to escape her attacker and notify authorities
Texas authorities charged a US Border Patrol supervisor with murder following what they called a two-week serial killing spree that left four female sex workers dead and ended when a fifth woman escaped at a service station and found help.
Juan David Ortiz, 35, an intelligence supervisor for the US Border Patrol, was charged with four counts of murder as well as aggravated assault and unlawful restraint, Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said in a tweet.
Ortiz was arrested after the fifth woman managed to flee.
State troopers found Ortiz hiding in a truck in a hotel car park in Laredo at around 2am Saturday. The border city about 235km (145 miles) southwest of San Antonio.
“We do consider this to be a serial killer,” Alaniz said.
Alaniz said that after the suspect picked up the fifth woman she quickly realised that she was in danger.