Luis Uriel Castillo, now 39 years old, is accused of shooting 24-year-old Texas Southern University student Cornelius Ray in the back of the head in 2005. Castillo, who faces a murder charge, was returned to Houston this week and is being jailed on a $1 million bond.
A then-teenager accused of fleeing to Mexico after fatally shooting a Texas Southern University student in 2005 has been extradited to Houston, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced this week.
Luis Uriel Castillo, now 39 years old, faces a murder charge and is being held at the Harris County Jail on a $1 million bond, court records show. He is accused of killing Cornelius Ray, a 24-year-old man who was found dead in his southeast Houston apartment with a gunshot wound to the back of the head.
The DA’s office, in a Wednesday news release, said Castillo was arrested by Mexican authorities with the help of the FBI in April 2024. He remained in police custody while county prosecutors’ extradition request was processed and was transported to Houston on Wednesday, according to the DA’s office…