The Murder of Irasema Chavez

Irasema Chavez (33) was found brutally murdered inside her Arlington, Texas apartment on January 20th, 2012. Her murder remains unsolved to this day.

Irasema was fairly new to that area, and to the United States in general. She had grown up in Mexico but had recently relocated to Texas after she was inspired to move by her sister and brother-in-law, who already lived there. According to Irasema’s brother-in-law, Irasema had made a ton of new friends since she moved to the Arlington area, and she loved to go to dance clubs with them. Irasema had also recently come out to her family and friends as a lesbian shortly before her death.

On the night of January 19th, 2012, Irasema called her sister and asked her and her niece, who was visiting from Mexico, to come over. They declined, as Irasema’s sister did not want to drive over to her apartment that late at night. However, Irasema’s sister planned to drop her niece off at Irasema’s apartment the following day so the two could spend the day together. 

When that time came the next morning, Irasema’s sister dropped her niece off at Irasema’s apartment complex and waited until she got inside safely before she left. However, just a minute after Irasema’s niece entered her apartment, she came running back out, screaming for somebody to call the police. According to her, Irasema was dead. She had been murdered—stabbed over 100 times.

Surveillance footage from the previous night shows an unidentified person wearing a hood approaching Irasema’s door and knocking. The person is seen standing there for about a minute before the door opens and he is let in. Investigators consider this person to be a suspect and are hoping to identify him. 

source: YouTube

None of Irasema’s friends or family members recognize the suspect, however they believe that he was known to Irasema, since she let him into her apartment. A clip of the surveillance footage can be viewed here.

Any person with information on the identity of Irasema’s killer may be eligible for a reward up to $1000. If you have any information that may help, please contact Arlington Crime Stoppers at (817) 469-TIPS (8477). 

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Sources:
The Dallas Morning News
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, (2), (3)
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