IRVING, Texas - Irving police arrested two women in connection with the double murder of a mother and daughter last week. Police are still searching for the 35-year-old suspect charged with capital murder in this case.
Nicolle Martinez Tome, 34, and Yudi Mabel Paguada Ruiz, 30, have been charged with tampering with evidence.
According to police, they helped Hector Vicente Paguada Paguada, who also goes by Hector Matute, avoid arrest and tampered with evidence.
Police said Paguada killed 23-year-old Nayeli Bolaños Medina and her mother, 56-year-old Juana Medina Rodriguez, on January 19 at the Park Springs apartments on West Irving Boulevard.
Irving police searching for man accused of killing mother and daughter
33-year-old Hector Matute is accused of killing 23-year-old Nayeli Bolaños Medina and her mother 56-year-old Juana Medina Rodriguez on Friday. Family members say Medina's 5-year-old son was in the apartment at the time of the shooting.
The suspect is still on the run.
No details have been released on how Ruiz and Tome are accused of helping Paguada.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call police at 972-721-2604 or sherring@cityofirving.org.