New DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a man wanted for the September 2021 beating death of a Corpus Christi woman.
On Feb. 27, Starr County Sheriff’s Office captured and arrested 70-year-old Enrique Garza on a murder warrant from Nueces County. He was taken to the Nueces County Jail and booked for murder on March 2, 2026.
New evidence leads to the arrest of 70-year-old man wanted for 2021 murder of a Corpus Christi woman
Garza is expected to appear before Judge David Klein in the 148th District Court Wednesday afternoon.
Garza’s case goes back to September 16, 2021, when Veronica Lopez Navarro, 54, was found dead outside her home in the 2500 block of Viola Avenue in Corpus Christi. Officers arrived just after 2 a.m. and found her unresponsive. The Nueces County Medical Examiner determined she died from multiple blunt force trauma to the head…