The Brief
- The reward for information in the killing of Julian Castro is now $25,000.
- The ambush-murder of the 31-year-old asleep in his bed has been cold for three years now.
- Crime Stoppers and Castro’s family are offering up money for information.
HOUSTON – Who killed 31-year-old Julian Castro? It’s a question his family and police have been asking for three years now.
Killed in his own bed
On June 6, 2022, police say four masked men broke into Castro’s home on Thornwall Street in Houston, stole, then shot Castro in the face, killing him.
“They held my cousin at gunpoint outside and made their way into the home where they ransacked and opened the door and went into Julian’s room while he was sleeping, and one of them shot him there, in his bed,” said his aunt, Jessica Castro-Dunican.
Castro’s mother, Jennifer Moreno, will remember the day forever.
“I got a call probably about 7:30, 8 o’clock, my sister-in-law called, something had happened to Julian,” she said. “Long story short, I had been told that he had been killed. He was shot in the face.”…