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To: dd5339; ValerieUSA; sr4402; mylife; moyden2000; yall
They have arrested a suspect.
Thanks for the heads up DD5339!

Man held in death of Farmersville woman

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FARMERSVILLE – Police arrested a 20-year-old local man Wednesday night and charged him with capital murder in the abduction and slaying of a young mother taken from her home last week.

Moises Sandoval Mendoza of Farmersville was being held with bail set at $500,000 in the death of Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson, 20, whose burned body was found in a creek bed in far eastern Collin County on Tuesday.

Police said Mr. Mendoza was arrested about 8 p.m. Wednesday but did not give any details about what led them to take him into custody or whether they were seeking other suspects.

Video:Dan Ronan reports

According to Dallas County criminal records, Mr. Mendoza faces three first-degree felony indictments in connection with a series of aggravated robberies in Dallas on March 23 and 24, 2003. He has yet to go to trial in those cases, court records show.

Mr. Mendoza also was charged with a misdemeanor assault last April, accused of attacking a relative in Farmersville, but Collin County court records are unclear about the status of that case.

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Chief Pickett said his reports show the car was stolen while parked at a friend's house and recovered days later. Ms. Tolleson's purse and house keys, however, were missing.

The chief said relatives have told him that Ms. Tolleson did not change the locks to the house, nor did she feel threatened or report that anyone was stalking her. Chief Pickett said earlier Tuesday that a suspect in that theft would be questioned and his fingerprints compared with evidence collected last week.


2 posted on 03/25/2004 2:38:21 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (The Democrats say they believe in CHOICE. I have chosen to vote STRAIGHT TICKET GOP for years !!)
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To: yall
Moises Sandoval Mendoza of Farmersville was being held with bail set at $500,000 in the death of Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson, 20, whose burned body was found in a creek bed in far eastern Collin County on Tuesday.

I thought I must have OVERLOOKED this detail, but the previous articles did NOT mention her body being burned.


3 posted on 03/25/2004 2:43:47 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (The Democrats say they believe in CHOICE. I have chosen to vote STRAIGHT TICKET GOP for years !!)
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