Initially, U.S. Border Patrol said the woman had overstayed her visitor visa. But in a later update, HPD shared the woman was wanted in the case of a baby found dead at a gas station restroom.
Guadalupe Zavala Lopez is accused in the death of an infant found at a southwest Houston gas station restroom. She was arrested at the border.An arrest has been made in a monthslong investigation into the death of an infant found inside a gas station restroom in southwest Houston, according to authorities.
Authorities said Zavala Lopez is charged with tampering with evidence-a human corpse and will be extradited to Harris County."The suspect is identified by agents as a migrant who overstayed her visitor visa and was successfully taken into custody," the agency wrote.
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