Arrest made in Tyler death
Posted/updated on: September 6, 2021 at 4:16 pm
TYLER — 20-year-old Javier Valenzuela-Avila of Tyler has been arrested for murder and jailed on a $1,000,000 bond following the death of a 25-year-old woman. Police say Valenzuela-Avila was initially admitted to a local hospital for self inflicted wounds but later released and jailed. According to a news release, officers responded to an E. Dawson St. residence shortly before 8 a.m. Saturday on a welfare concern and found the body of Laura Garcia. Police say the case remains under investigation.
