Man arrested in 2019 murder of San Antonio woman, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office says – KSAT

Man arrested in 2019 murder of San Antonio woman, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office says  KSAT

Sheriff Javier Salazar is expected to announce the arrest of a suspect connected to a cold case murder Saturday night. SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 24-year-old man Thursday evening in connection with the 2019 death of Megan Gonzalez, whose burned body was found in a field in southwest Bexar County. Joey Emiliano Tovar-Vargas is being booked on a charge of tampering with evidence and on an unrelated human smuggling warrant out of another county, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said. Tovar-Vargas has not been charged with the murder itself, but has been charged with disposing of her body. Gonzalez, 20, was last seen alive around Nov.

11, 2019, with Tovar Vargas in her vehicle, according to the sheriff’s office. She was reported missing to San Antonio police on Nov. 15, 2019. Her truck was found Dec. 2, 2019, in the 5300 block of Northwest Loop 410. Investigators found blood in the truck bed that was later linked by DNA to Gonzalez, officials said. The next day, her body was found in the 12000 block of Wisdom Road in southwest Bexar County. It was burned and badly decomposed and was wrapped in a blanket with a distinctive pattern, officials said. Tovar Vargas was suspected early on, Salazar said, but investigators said there was little evidence tying