{"id":337710,"date":"2026-06-16T00:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337710\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T00:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:07:15","slug":"suspect-accused-of-breaking-into-90-year-old-texas-mans-home-and-stabbing-him-to-death-with-a-screwdriver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337710\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect accused of breaking into 90-year-old Texas man\u2019s home and stabbing him to death with a screwdriver"},"content":{"rendered":"

A suspect accused of breaking into a 90-year-old man\u2019s Texas<\/a> home and stabbing him to death with a screwdriver has been charged with murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anthony Cerda, 34, was arrested Friday by Houston<\/a> Police for the murder of Francisco Chura, who died last September after being attacked by the suspect, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Houston Police said in a recent press release<\/a> that officers found Chura with \u201cmultiple blunt force trauma wounds\u201d on August 20, 2025. Chura was sent to the hospital, but weeks later, on September 7, he died from his injuries.<\/p>\n

On the night of the attack, Chura had been sleeping at his home, which was attached to a convenience store that he owned for decades, Law & Crime<\/a> reported, citing a probable cause arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony<\/p>\n

Anthony Cerda, 34, has been accused of breaking into a 90-year-old man\u2019s Texas home and stabbing him to death with a screwdriver (Houston Police)<\/p>\n

Cerda allegedly jumped on top of Chura, punching him repeatedly and stabbing him with a screwdriver, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

Chura told investigators that he played dead until the suspect ran away. He then hid in the bathroom until the sun came up before going to a neighbor\u2019s house for help.<\/p>\n

Police allegedly found Chura\u2019s bed sheets soaked with blood, a bent and bloodied screwdriver and an empty, open safe. Chura said that about $3,000 in cash was missing from the safe.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, lab results allegedly showed that DNA from both Cerda and Chura was found on the screwdriver.<\/p>\n

Those who knew Chura were shocked by his murder.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody knew him. Everybody grew up with him,\u201d one neighbor told ABC13<\/a>. \u201cEverybody was surprised when that happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Cerda<\/p>\n

Cerda was arrested Friday, almost a year after the attack at Chura\u2019s home, which was attached to a convenience store he owned, according to official documents (Google Earth)<\/p>\n

The affidavit offered additional details about the investigation into Chura\u2019s murder, which involved multiple people coming forward about the events leading up to the attack.<\/p>\n

A man with long hair, a feature Chura said the suspect had, was seen by police hiding in a crawl space at a house near Chura\u2019s home about two months after the attack, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n

The owner of the home said the man was her nephew, Cerda. She said Chura would sometimes loan Cerda money.<\/p>\n

Investigators also heard from a man, who said that Chura told him the night before the attack that he had given money to an unidentified man who then returned to demand more money. But Chura reportedly refused to give him more money.<\/p>\n

Another man told police that he was getting high with Cerda after the attack when he allegedly confessed, \u201cI killed Pancho,\u201d Chura\u2019s nickname.<\/p>\n

Cerda was being held in the Harris County jail as of Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspect accused of breaking into a 90-year-old man\u2019s Texas home and stabbing him to death with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[120482,120481,8063,120483,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-337710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-anthony-cerda","tag-francisco-chura","tag-houston-police","tag-screwdriver","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}