Raul Meza Jr, described by officials as a 'serial killer,' is accused of sexually assaulting and murdering an elderly woman in her East Austin home in 2019.
62-year-old Raul Meza Jr has been charged with capital murder in the 2019 death of 65-year-old Gloria Lofton in her home on Sara Drive.
Meza told the detective about how he had been in and out of prison, before saying "I got out in 2016…I end up murdering a lady soon afterward…it was on Sara Drive." He claimed police misidentified the death and that it was not investigated as a homicide. He even stated he had been promised money for committing the murder.The call prompted a homicide crime analyst to search death investigations on Sara Drive between 2013 and 2021 and Lofton's case was found.
The investigation revealed that Lofton had been sexually assaulted and strangled, and that DNA found at the scene matched in 2020 to Meza.
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