Alma Nely Rico is arrested for shooting her brother-in-law to death (PHOTOS)
Posted on 07/22/22 at 17:48
- Alma Nely Rico was arrested for shooting her brother-in-law to death.
- The young woman was a fugitive for more than four months.
- The victim’s name was Cristino Reséndiz García.
After four months on the run, Alma Nely Rico was arrestedfor the murder of her brother-in-law, Cristino Reséndiz García. The Homicide Division of Houston Police Department (HPD) announced the young woman’s arrest.
The 26-year-old has been in the Harris County jail in Houston since Monday, July 18, 2022 after being extradited from Rockdale County, Georgia. The Texas State Penal Code states that the charge of homicide carries a sentence of 20 to 99 years in prison.
Alma Nely Rico is arrested after being a fugitive for four months
Judge Chris Morton of the 230th Criminal District Court in Harris County, will preside over the case of Alma Nely Rico accused of murdering her brother-in-law, Cristino Reséndiz García in broad daylight. The judge has not determined when the first hearing will be.
The documents of the case against the Rico, consulted by MundoNow in Texas, detail that, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at 1:00 in the afternoon, the residents of a housing complex called the authorities to report a shooting and an injured person.
Neighbors call the police to report a shooting
HPD patrolmen and paramedics from the Houston Fire Department (HFD) went to 6301 West Bellfort Street, a three-story building, and they found Cristino Reséndiz García injured in a corridor on the second floor.
HFD paramedics took 23-year-old Cristino Reséndiz García to a hospital in the hope that doctors could save his life after the brutal shooting. The name of Alma Nely Rico had not yet come up in the investigation of the crime until that moment.
Cristino Reséndiz García died in the emergency room
Cristino Reséndiz García died in the emergency room due to the severity of his injuries though the doctors fought to save him. HPD Homicide Division agents discovered a clue that led them to Alma Nely Rico.
The HPD Homicide Division recovered a video from one of the residents of the housing complex, in which details of the crime are seen. The name of the person who recorded the crime with his cell phone will not be revealed in this story to protect his privacy.
Alma Nely Rico kicked her victim
Alma Nely Rico lived in the same housing complex. At one point the woman is seen from the third floor, kicking Cristino Reséndiz García, who is lying on the ground protecting himself from the blows. The documents do not specify how the altercation began.
Cristino Reséndiz García rolled down the stairs of the housing complex from the third floor to the second, while the furious Alma kicked him in various parts of his body and shouted insults at him. The woman’s screams caused other neighbors to come out of their houses.
What motivated the brutal attack?
In the video, Alma Nely Rico is dressed in a black and silver jacket with red pants, while kicking Cristino Reséndiz García. HPD officers noticed that the woman had a gun in her hand that she allegedly used committed the crime.
Suddenly, Alma got on top of Cristino Reséndiz García and hit him several times with her gun, while insulting him nonstop. At one point, the woman’s gun went off in the violent alterdation, seriously injuring the man lying on the ground.
Alma Nely Rico shot him in a fit of anger
When Alma Nely Rico noticed that Cristino Reséndiz García was injured, she went down the stairs and got into her black BMW C325i sports car to escape the crime scene. Despite living in that housing complex, she never returned.
The HPD Homicide Division, when interviewing other neighbors, discovered the probable motive for Alma Nely’s anger against Cristino Reséndiz García. He and her sister had separated shortly before the murder.