The attorney for Mayra Velasquez hopes his client, who is charged with capital murder, could possibly get a bond hearing as early as Tuesday.
Velasquez met with her attorney Monday morning after she was arrested last week, after DNA testing connected her to the 2012 murder of Irasema Chavez. She is in the Tarrant County Jail, charged with capital murder.
Defense questions capital murder charge
“I think she’s just completely paralyzed right now,” said Frank Seller, who represents Velasquez. “I went to visit with her this morning and she asked why this was capital murder. It was a shock to her when she was told that it was because a TV was stolen. I think her words were, ‘What would I want a television for?'”
Velasquez was working as a real estate agent when she was arrested 14 years after the murder of Chavez, described as a friend, in the victim’s Arlington apartment, where authorities say she was stabbed 100 times.
Attorney disputes surveillance video evidence
Video from the victim’s security camera shows someone entering Chavez’s apartment around the time of the murder. Sellers has insisted that the figure doesn’t match the description of his client…