AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- A Travis County grand jury on Friday returned three indictments against a man labeled as a "serial killer" by law enforcement officials.
The grand jury indicted 62-year old Raul Meza, Jr., on one count of Capital Murder and a second count of Murder in the death of 65-year old Gloria Lofton in 2019. Meza was also indicted on a charge of Murder and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle in connection with the death of 80-year old Jesse Fraga.
The indictments follow Meza's arrest in May, after he called Austin 311 and told an officer that he had killed Fraga - along with implicating himself in Lofton's death. He was taken into custody on May 29 by members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in connection with Fraga's death.
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Meza has a lengthy criminal history, including a 1982 case where Meza plead guilty to the rape and murder of 8-year old Kendra Page at a southeast Austin elementary school. He served 11 years of a 30-year sentence before being released from prison in 1993.
He was arrested again in 1994 for a parole violation and was released again in 2016.
Meza remains booked in the Travis County Jail.
