An aged man has been arrested in reference to what police have dubbed the “brutal homicide” of his roommate and her canine then utilizing her bank cards to try to flee the nation.
Simply earlier than 2 p.m. on Nov. 18, officers from the Austin Police Division have been known as to a house in reference to a useless individual.
When officers arrived, they discovered a girl, later recognized as Linda Mlsna 83, and a canine useless inside the house. Mlsna had not been heard from in six days, in line with court docket paperwork obtained by FOX 7 Austin.
APD Murder Det. Israel Pena stated in a Nov. 21 information briefing {that a} neighbor had approached the house and detected an “odor in line with decomposition and fly exercise or insect exercise within the home windows of the residence.”
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Austin police have arrested and charged an aged man with a “very brutal” lethal assault on his roommate and her canine. He then allegedly utilizing her bank cards to buy a number of present playing cards and deliberate to flee the nation. (Austin Police Division)
A member of the family who lived domestically additionally reported coming into the house and discovering Mlsna in a downstairs closet with a useless canine on prime of her, court docket paperwork stated. Â
When Austin officers obtained inside the house, additionally they discovered a damaged piece of furnishings and extra proof of a disturbance, which Pena stated confirmed officers’ perception that her loss of life was a murder.
The preliminary investigation confirmed Mlsna’s roommate, 84-year-old Jack Moore, was not on the house and nobody knew the place he was. Nonetheless, investigators later found that Moore allegedly used Mlsna’s bank cards to make fraudulent purchases after her loss of life.
Officers have been in the end capable of finding Moore and arrested him on an unrelated warrant.
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An 84-year-old man was arrested for homicide after killing his aged roommate and her canine, the Austin Police Division stated throughout a information briefing. (Austin Police Division)
Throughout an interview with detectives, Moore allegedly confessed to killing Mlsna and her canine, taking her bank cards and making a plan to flee the nation.
Moore additionally advised police that he was afraid Mlsna’s household was going to maneuver her out to a nursing house due to her superior age and claimed he knew she wished to reside within the house till her loss of life. He additionally admitted to killing her canine as a result of he wished him to be together with her perpetually, in line with the arrest affidavit by way of FOX 7.
A search warrant for the house uncovered blood in a number of areas and a cellphone belonging to Mlsna, which confirmed a number of textual content message alerts from numerous monetary establishments about suspicious purchases made with a number of of her bank cards, throughout an eight-day interval at one retailer, the report learn.Â
Mlsna’s household advised police Moore had been stealing cash from her.
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Mlsna’s loss of life is being investigated as Austin’s 63rd murder of 2024. (Austin Police Division)
Police went to the shop linked to the theft to acquire surveillance video of a number of of the purchases and found Moore had allegedly bought 36 present playing cards over 21 separate transactions. Police stated a number of of these purchases have been made in the course of the time Mlsna was identified to be useless.
Moore was arrested by US Marshals on a parole violation for carjacking at an condo about three and a half miles away from Mlsna’s house.
A search of the condo the place Moore was arrested uncovered over 30 present playing cards and receipts, bank cards issued to Mlsna and ladies’s jewellery, the affidavit stated.
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It was additionally uncovered in the course of the investigation that Moore had an intensive prison document, together with financial institution robberies and time served in jail.
Moore was arrested on a cost of first-degree homicide and a parole violation for felony carjacking. He’s at present being held on the Travis County Jail on a $1 million bond.Â
Based on the police, this case is being investigated as Austin’s 63rd murder of 2024.
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