Ten Year Old Brutal Ennis Cold Case Murder Suspect Reported Jailed in Mexico

WFAA DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – Mexican Police say they’ve captured a second murder suspected wanted for ten years, in the stabbing death and body burning of a then 15-year old girl.

Police say Moriah Gonzalez was stabbed to death by then 18 year old Jennifer Puente, and the body dumped along a remote road in Ennis and burned. The case was cold for a decade, when authorities received a tip the second suspect, Puente, was living in Mexico. Further details are not yet available concerning the area of arrest or when it occured.

Already jailed in the case, now 40 year old Joe Alvarado is alleged to have dumped and burned the body on the site of a remote road in Ennis.

U S Marshals are helping with further identificaton of Puente, held in Mexico.

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