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Linda   Carbajal

REFERENCE NUMBER: 40 - Solved
COMPANY: C
RACE: Hispanic
SEX: Female
CITY:
COUNTY: Lubbock
RELATED YEAR: 2004


Andy Castillo

DETAILS:

On Monday, 04-19-2004, the body of Linda Trevino Carbajal was discovered on a rural dirt road in northern Lubbock County, Texas. Carbajal had suffered blunt force injuries and had been strangled. Carbajal was a resident of Lubbock, Texas, and was 21 years old at the time of her death. Linda Carbajal's murder has been linked to the 07-15-2003 murder of Cynthia Palacio.

On September 3, 2020, Andy Castillo was arrested for the murders of Linda Carbajal and Cynthia Palacio. Earlier, in 2020, Castillo was arrested for an unrelated crime in Waco, Texas, and after his DNA was collected and entered into the state CODIS database, a match was obtained to the Carbajal and Palacio murders.

On August 27, 2021 Castillo died at a Lubbock hospital. Castillo still in custody, was awaiting trial for the two murders upons his death.

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