The DeSoto Police Department announced the arrest of Lewis Ray Harper Jr., 25, of Lancaster, Texas, who was wanted in connection with a 2020 murder in Dallas.
Harper was apprehended on February 27, 2025, after a thorough investigation by DeSoto Police Detectives, the department said today.
According to a press release from the DeSoto Police Department, detectives used advanced facial recognition software to identify Harper based on photographs obtained by police body cameras during a recent foot pursuit. After many days of tracking, detectives found Harper at a Lancaster motel and apprehended him without incident during a traffic stop near the DeSoto-Lancaster boundary…