SAN ANTONIO — The man accused of killing a woman hiking along an East Side trail in 2024 is scheduled for a competency hearing today.
Samuel Aquim Charon is accused of killing 63-year-old Stacey Dramiga, whose body was found burned along the Salado Creek Greenway.
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Deputies said Dramiga was an avid hiker who frequented the trails, but did not return home that day, and was reported missing by her husband that night.
Dramiga was found on Sep. 23 at Defoste Park on the Salado Creek Greenway. Investigators say DNA evidence connects him to the crime scene, located along a wooded trail near Defoste Park.
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Charon is charged with capital murder, which carries the possibility of the death penalty.
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A judge will receive an update on his psychiatric evaluation later today.