White Settlement Police say they’ve made multiple arrests in an ongoing homicide investigation and are looking for a juvenile who is believed to have fled to Mexico.
On Jan. 30, 33-year-old Savanna Parker died after she was shot multiple times during an apparent home invasion burglary at her home on the 600 block of Meadow Park Drive.
White Settlement Chief of Police Chris Cook said Tuesday that three people have been arrested and that investigators are searching for a fourth person, an unnamed juvenile, who is believed to have gone to Juarez.
Cook said Tuesday a juvenile male, an adult male and an adult woman parked near Parker’s home on Jan. 30 and that the two males, wearing gloves, hooded sweatshirts and facial coverings, forced their way into the woman’s home while the woman stayed behind in the getaway car.
Cook said while ransacking the home, the males were confronted by Parker, who pulled out her phone and yelled at them to leave. Cook said as the juvenile left the home, he pointed the gun at Parker and fired multiple times, fatally wounding her.
The two males then returned to their waiting vehicle and fled the area. Cook said investigators used license plate readers and surveillance video to backtrack the car to a home in South Fort Worth.
Investigators, with the help of Fort Worth Police, Texas State Troopers and the Texas Rangers, were able to identify 21-year-old Marissa Nicole Ocon as the driver and 17-year-old Julian Xavier Ramirez as an accomplice in the home invasion.
Cook said the identity of the juvenile who shot Parker is known to them, but due to state law, they are unable to release the boy’s name. Investigators said they have reason to believe the juvenile was taken to El Paso, where he crossed the border into Juarez, Mexico.
Ramirez was arrested at a Lake Worth ISD school and will be charged as an adult and Ocon was arrested during a traffic stop.
A second adult was arrested and faces a charge of hindering apprehension after Cook said that person was believed to have assisted the juvenile in getting to West Texas and across the border.
“These major arrests are the result of significant investigative work, license plate reader and video technology, and extensive collaboration and assistance from our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners,” police said Tuesday.
Cook said both Ramirez and Ocon are being held in the Tarrant County Jail and face a charge of capital murder. Bond has not been set for either Ramirez or Ocon, and it’s unclear whether either has retained an attorney to speak on their behalf.