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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police expanded a child abuse investigation into a possible capital murder case, as they investigated the disappearance and possible death of Virginia Gonzales’ firstborn daughter and third child, who has not been seen since 2018, according to court records obtained by KXAN.
The recently filed search warrant authorizes detectives to obtain potentially new evidence that investigators believe is connected to the disappearance and possible death of Gonzales’ daughter, Ava Marie Gonzales, who was born in 2015 and has not been seen or located in approximately seven years, authorities said…