TULIA, TEXAS -- DNA evidence helped to link a man to the murder of an elderly Tulia woman in 2011.
According to Tulia Police, the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Lab linked evidence from a sexual assault investigation in Willmar, Minn., to the murder of Imogene Harris.
An arrest warrant was issued for Esequiel Gomez, Jr., for the offense of Capital Murder.
Imogene Wilmoth Harris, 84 was found deceased in a Tulia residence in August 2011 by a family member. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma, police said.
Authorities said Gomez had been living in Texas but was extradited to Minnesota for aggravated sexual assault. Additionally, police said Gomez was linked to an assault of an elderly person in Hico, Texas, in 2008.
