A Karnes County man accused in the Sept. 18 fatal shooting of Michelle Jannsen (Vasquez) in Runge was apprehended Oct. 1 in Austin after a two-week manhunt, authorities announced.
The Karnes County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as Severiano Valdonado. Investigators said he was tracked through Bastrop County, Fayette County and Smithville before eventually being located in Austin homeless encampments.
On the morning of Oct. 1, members of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Bicycle Patrol Unit encountered Valdonado along the river in downtown Austin while enforcing the city’s homeless abatement program. When contacted, he allegedly attempted to flee on foot but was subdued with a Taser and taken into custody, DPS officials said…