Laura Juarez (El Paso Police Department)
EL PASO, Texas — An arrest affidavit states a 31-year-old woman allegedly ran down and killed her husband early Saturday, just three days before Valentine’s Day, then told police that her 34-year-old husband died in his sleep.
However, Laura Patricia Juarez allegedly admitted to hitting and pinning her husband, Salvador Juarez, against a gate with her white Dodge Durango after police confronted her about injuries on his body and the damaged truck.
Laura Juarez told investigators she and her husband had gone out to a nightclub Friday night, her arrest affidavit states. When they returned early Saturday to their apartment at 7840 Knights in the Lower Valley, they began to argue and the argument eventually turned physical.
Salvador Juarez left the apartment. Then shortly after, Laura Juarez left to look for him in her SUV. She initially told police she found her husband intoxicated at the entry gate of the apartment complex and picked him up. When they returned to their apartment, she dragged him out of the SUV and into the apartment.
She also told officers she left her husband on their bedroom floor and they both fell asleep there. When she woke up, he wasn’t responsive. She then called 911 at 5:30 a.m. Saturday to report her husband wasn’t breathing.
Investigators noted in the affidavit that Salvador Juarez had injuries on his lower legs and the Dodge Durango had visible damage to the front left side and back left quarter panel. The complex’s entry gate also had extensive damage “matching and consistent to the damage on her vehicle.”
When questioned further, Laura Juarez eventually admitted to seeing her husband standing on the sidewalk near the entry gate and turned the truck in his direction, eventually pinning him against the gate and the pavement.
Meanwhile, police didn’t immediately release Laura Juarez’s mug shot, citing the ongoing investigation. But she has been charged with murder and remained in the El Paso County Jail Monday in lieu of a $100,000 bond.
Mfrances is a news writer for NinjaCOPS.com where you can get high quality self defense weapons, rechargeable stun gun flashlights, and law enforcement stun guns.
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