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A Texas man was charged with homicide after a girl he was relationship was discovered lifeless, wrapped in mattress sheets and stuffed in his closet, in line with court docket paperwork.
FOX4 in Dallas reported that 34-year-old Omar Lucio was arrested on April 15 and charged with the homicide of 27-year-old Corinna Johnson.
Main as much as the arrest, Garland police knowledgeable Dallas police that that they had acquired a 911 name from a girl who mentioned one other girl had been crushed to dying and was in an house on W. Wheatland Highway.
When officers arrived on the house, Lucio was inside and refused to return out, though after about an hour he complied and was arrested.
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Omar Lucio was charged with homicide after Corinna Johnson’s physique was present in his closet. The physique was wrapped in bedding. (Dallas County Jail)
The responding officers then entered the house and adopted a path of blood that allegedly led from the entrance door to the lavatory after which to a bed room closet, in line with court docket paperwork obtained by the station.
Contained in the closet, police discovered Johnson’s physique wrapped in Lucio’s bedding.
An additional investigation led police to Lucio’s car within the parking zone, the place there was bloody clothes inside.
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In response to Dallas police, Corrina Johnson’s physique was discovered wrapped in bedding and in a closet in Omar Lucio’s house. (Corinna Johnson’s household through FOX 4 Dallas)
The girl who reported the physique advised investigators she went to Lucio’s house after he referred to as her and requested for her assist.
Lucio allegedly advised the girl he and Johnson have been consuming after they have been kicked out of a bar due to Johnson, court docket notes. Lucio then allegedly mentioned he gave Johnson “a bit little bit of widespread sense,” inflicting her to grow to be unresponsive.
The caller advised investigators she witnessed Johnson’s physique on the lavatory ground with a bruised and bloody face. She additionally advised police that the girl appeared lifeless. It wasn’t till the subsequent day that the girl referred to as and reported the physique to the police.
Investigators spoke with Lucio and he allegedly admitted to “snapping” and hitting Johnson together with his naked arms whereas they have been within the automotive.
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Detectives famous within the affidavit that Lucio’s arms appeared injured and that he had blood beneath his fingernails and on his left shoe.
Police additionally famous that Lucio didn’t inform investigators how Johnson ended up within the closet, wrapped in his bedding.
FOX 4 mentioned Johnson’s household urged the mom of a 7-year-old to depart Lucio.
Erica Hernandez, Johnson’s sister, advised the station that her sister was the “most bubbly individual ever,” whereas the sufferer’s aunt, Kathy Gareau, mentioned Johnson “all the time had a smile on her face.”
“She did not deserve what she acquired,” Gareau mentioned. “By no means.”
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Johnson and Lucio have been collectively for six years, in line with Johnson’s household, and so they mentioned they’d grow to be involved if she got here residence with black eyes or bruises.
Lucio stays in custody on the Dallas County Jail on costs of homicide, avenue racing and involvement in a collision inflicting bodily hurt.
Greg Wehner is a breaking information reporter for Fox Information Digital.
Story ideas and may be despatched to Greg.Wehner@Fox.com and on Twitter @GregWehner.
