DALLAS (1080 KRLD)- A body found in Wilmer has been identified as a Seattle woman who has been missing since October. Marisela Botello Valadez, 23, had been visiting a friend in North Texas when she vanished.
Three capital murder arrest warrants were immediately issued. All three arrests have been made.
Authorities in the Salt Lake City area Friday arrested the third and final suspect, 31-year old Charles Beltran of Mesquite.
Nina Marano, 49, was arrested last week and is being held on a Dallas County capital murder charge, according to Miami-Dade Police.
Lisa Dykes, 57 Mesquite, was arrested in Orlando Florida over the weekend. She is being held in Orange County jail, awaiting extradition back to Dallas County.
An affidavit says the murder happened October 5th in Mesquite.
“An analysis of the complainant’s and suspect’s cell phone records show that all parties were together at Dyke’s and Beltran’s residence in Mesquite, Texas, on the last date the complainant was known to be alive” the arrest affidavit says. Police say blood found under a just-cleaned carpet had traces of blood that DNA tied to Valadez.
Other phone records show that Dykes and Marano both traveled to an area in the vicinity where Valadez’s body was found, the affidavit says.
Police believe Valadez’s body was put in the trunk of Beltran’s car. That car wound up in New York City, where detectives found and that Valadez’s body was put in the trunk of Beltran’s car. Detectives found hair in the trunk. “A hair sample seems to match that of the complainant and not that of Marano or Dykes,” the affidavit says. “During the search of the 2014 black Audi that was conducted by the NYSP, concrete material found in the rear wheel well of the vehicle appeared to match the same type/color of concrete used the concrete plant where suspect Dykes and Marano show to have travelled on the day/night of the offense.”
Police say none of the three have cooperated and have moved since they were initially questioned.