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Unsolved murder in Comal County no longer cold DNA expertise by local lawman helps to lock down suspect Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
(Seguin) After her unsolved case sat on the shelves in Comal County for almost 42 years, justice for 18-year-old Carol Deleon and her family in San Antonio has finally arrived. One of the key players who helped identify a suspect in the case is Guadalupe County Sheriff ’s Office chief deputy Joshua Ray. Ray, who worked as a Texas Ranger before retiring and coming on board at the sheriff ’s office last year, says he is honored to have finally found closure for Deleon’s family. “It’s a good feeling especially when you put so much work and time into this case and then for a victim’s family who has had no sense of justice, it finally gives them some
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aspect of that and so it’s very fulfilling in this way as sort of as you can of bringing her back,” said Ray. Ray says the Texas Rangers Unsolved Crimes Investigators identified suspect Larry Allen West, 68, in the most technically advanced way. On Thursday, West was handcuffed and taken into custody in San Antonio by Chief Ray, who was invited to come along and assist in the apprehension. It was on June 4, 1981, when Deleon’s body was found along IH 35 in Comal County just south of the city of New Braunfels. An autopsy later determined that her body, which was a Jane Doe at the time, had died from multiple gunshot wounds. Lawman, pg. 3