Kilgore Deaths Appear to Be a Murder and Suicide

KILGORE – A Kilgore man, who police believe killed his estranged wife before stabbing himself, has died. Maria Carolina Alvarez Pantoja, 24, died April 3rd from a large cut on her neck. Juan C. Vazquez Perales, 27, was suffering from a cut to his neck, a cut to his wrist, and several stab wounds to his body. He has now died at a Tyler hospital. The Longview News Journal reports police believe Perales used their children to lure Alvarez to a home on Leake Street in the hope of possibly reconciling. Investigators believe Perales killed the woman before cutting himself.