Police in Amarillo, Texas, have identified the body of a woman found buried behind a garage as a 31-year-old from Colorado.
The Amarillo Police Department says it received word on October 1 that a woman had been shot inside a vehicle and buried in an unknown location. After speaking with potential witnesses, they identified Leonard Torres as a likely suspect.
Torres was photographed driving the same vehicle in which the woman is believed to have been shot. After a brief pursuit, authorities apprehended him.
The woman had been buried, and officers found her body behind a detached garage under construction in the 3100 block of Orange Street. They later recognized her as 31-year-old Faith Smith of Colorado.
Authorities stated her body will be autopsied.
Torres has been placed into the Potter County Detention Center on accusations of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The APD’s Homicide Unit is still investigating the shooting.
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