Kilgore Stabbing Leaves One Dead

KILGORE – One person is dead and one critically injured in a Monday night stabbing. It began with a report of a man seen dragging a woman into a home on Leake Street. When officers arrived, they found Maria Carolina Alveraz, 24, of Kilgore, dead from a large cut on her neck. Juan C. Vazquez, 27, of Kilgore, was suffering from a cut to his neck, a cut to his wrist, and several stab wounds to his body. He was flown to a Tyler hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. The investigation is continuing.