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DALLAS – Dallas police arrested suspects connected to a Louisiana murder and carjacking at a local Motel 6 earlier this week.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Suspects tracked to Texas <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Dallas officers surrounded a Motel 6 at 9600 C.F. Hawn Freeway on Tuesday. Footage captured by FOX 4 shows two males and one female coming out of their room.<\/p>\n
A Dallas Police K-9 officer initially spotted a stolen white GMC pickup in the motel parking lot after receiving an alert from a Flock camera. Motel employees directed officers to room 262 where the three were staying.<\/p>\n
Dallas County jail records identify one suspect as 19-year-old Jamie Santos Martinez.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He faces holds for first-degree murder, theft of a motor vehicle and an immigration hold.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed they are also charging a juvenile female suspect in connection to the crime.<\/p>\n
The backstory:<\/p>\n
The cross-state manhunt began after Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s deputies responded to a homicide in the 200 block of Despain Street around 7:30 p.m. Monday, officials said.<\/p>\n
Investigators identified the victim as 35-year-old Jorge Andino Espinal.<\/p>\n
Police say the suspects murdered Espinal during a carjacking and stole his white GMC pickup truck.<\/p>\n
Investigators believe the suspects drove the stolen vehicle straight from Louisiana to the Dallas motel.<\/p>\n
What we don’t know:<\/p>\n
Officials did not name the juvenile suspect or the second man who exited the room.<\/p>\n
What’s next:<\/p>\n
Dallas homicide detectives are working with Louisiana detectives to arrange extradition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Authorities will transport Martinez and the juvenile suspect back to Lafayette Parish to face charges of first-degree murder and theft of a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n
The Source: The information in this article comes from the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office, Dallas County jail records and a FOX 4 reporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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