Defense attorneys for Mayra Velasquez are questioning evidence used to arrest and charge her with capital murder in the 2012 stabbing death of Irasema Chavez, according to a statement from the law firm.
Velasquez was arrested July 17 after police said new DNA evidence identified her as the person who stabbed Chavez more than 100 times in her Arlington apartment kitchen 14 years ago.
The scene left police with few leads including a stolen TV, a surveillance video of someone walking to the apartment and a drop of blood on the TV stand in the living room, according to police. The blood was tested in the original investigation but investigators found no matches in national criminal databases…