Updated Feb. 27, 2026, 5:07 p.m. CT
A Lubbock police investigation into a missing 16-year-old girl resulted in the arrests of five men, four of whom are accused of drugging and sexually assaulting her for about two weeks during which they moved her between apartments.
Edward Austin Hipolito, 22, Alexander Hipolito, 31, Jaime Alcario Mendoza, 43, and Christian Alvarez, 29, were arrested Feb. 19 and booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center, where they remain.