BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – Defense attorneys for three former San Antonio police officers accused in the 2023 shooting death of Melissa Perez are questioning missing evidence and calling the investigation “botched” as the case nears trial.
Alfred Flores and Eleazar Alejandro are charged with murder, while Nathaniel Villalobos faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, records show.
Perez, 46, was shot and killed inside her Southwest Side apartment on June 23, 2023, during what SAPD Chief William McManus described at the time as a mental health crisis…