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Enrique Gomez-Urbina (Austin Police Department)
AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin Police Department has identified the woman found dead behind a North Austin business earlier this week. A suspect has also been arrested.
What we know:
APD says the incident happened in the 8200 block of Research Boulevard service road northbound.
It wasn’t until around 7:40 a.m. on Oct. 6 when police got a call that someone coming into work at the auto shop found a woman lying in the woods behind the shop. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:53 a.m.
On Oct. 8, she was positively identified by the medical examiner as 43-year-old Mary Gonzales.Â
That same day, APD says that a first-degree murder warrant was issued for 21-year-old Enrique Gomez-Urbina, a Mexican national. He was located and arrested on Masterson Pass by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force.
According to the U.S. Marshals, 48-year-old Jesus Llamas-Yanez, a Mexican national, was an associate of Gomez-Urbina. He fled from officers on the scene but was later detained.Â
Officials said Llama-Yanez, an undocumented migrant, was wanted by federal authorities in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, on a weapons charge. He is now awaiting extradition back to Mexico.
Witness nearby reports hearing “something like a pop”
What they’re saying:
Fannie Hayes-Barnicle said she was camping out with her husband and dog in the field next to the German Auto Shop off Research Boulevard when it happened.
“I heard something like a pop. I thought I was first hearing a gunshot and then me and my husband, I said, well, maybe it’s firecrackers, sounded closer to that, so we all went back to sleep. I think my husband saw the car come through. That was after we had had dinner, so that was like late, between 2 and 3 o’clock in the morning, but there was no activity, no fighting, no evidence of struggle, anything like that,” Hayes-Barnicle said.
What you can do:
This is being investigated as Austin’s 46th homicide of 2025.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Austin Police Department at 512-974-TIPS. You may submit your tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by clicking here or calling 512-472-8477.
The Source: Information in this report comes from the Austin Police Department