Luis Benitez-Gonzalez was arrested in connection with two aggravated assaults and two homicides that happened in 2018 and 2024.
AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now weighing in on an accused murder’s cases in Central Texas after U.S. Immigration and and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed a detainer for him.
On Tuesday, Austin police, state and federal officials said a man, identified as Luis Benitez-Gonzales, was arrested after being linked to two homicide cases through the use of DNA evidence. Benitez-Gonzalez is facing murder charges for the deaths of Alba Jenisse Aviles and Alyssa Ann Rivera.
On April 27, state and federal agents helped arrest Benitez-Gonzalez. They were able to track the suspect to an apartment complex in Dallas and then pulled him over later that morning.
DHS officials said Benitez-Gonzales entered the country illegally at some point. In 2020, U.S. Border Patrol arrested him, and he was removed to Mexico. Authorities said he later illegally reentered the U.S. Officials took Benitez-Gonzales from Dallas County to the Travis County Jail last week, where he remains.
The arrest itself stemmed from two aggravated assault cases that happened in November and December of 2025. APD said Benitez-Gonzalez shot two women in the legs.
In 2024, a DNA sample from the scene of where Rivera was found in Austin was a match with another sample found at the scene in Bastrop County where Aviles was found. Benitez-Gonzalez’s DNA was a match too, linking him to the homicide cases.
Law enforcement believe Benitez-Gonzalez targeted women he considered to be “vulnerable” and “at-risk.”
Police are now urging anyone who interacted with Benitez-Gonzalez to give them or Crime Stoppers a call. They said no tips are too small. Officials believe Benitez-Gonzalez could have made incriminating comments to acquaintances, personal or work-related.
They also hope any more potential victims will step forward.