Dalia Hernandez Soto, 23 years old, worked at Holly Farms in Seguin and had three sons. She was recently divorced from her husband due to an allegedly abusive relationship. She was a very social person who loved to be in social settings.

On 07-03-1983, Dalia was found on the side of a road, in Seguin, badly beaten and possibly thrown from a moving vehicle. She later died from her injuries at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. Her cause of death was determined to be a homicide.