THE COLONY, Texas — On Sunday, at 07:43 A.M. The Colony Police Department received a call stating that there was an unconscious female lying in the south alley of the 5200 block of Strickland Avenue. The Criminal Investigations Division from The Colony Police Department, as well as Crime Scene Unit from the Denton County Sheriff’s Office, secured the area to conduct an investigation and search for evidence.
Detectives from TCPD identified the body as Viridiana Arevalo, who was listed as a missing person from this agency. Detectives had been looking for Viridiana since Tuesday, December 17th, the day she was reported missing.
Upon gathering evidence at the scene, and evidence gathered while searching for the missing person, Detectives were able to focus on Eduardo Arevalo, 19, the brother of Viridiana. Video evidence obtained from cameras located in the area where the body was discovered assisted investigators in the case. Eduardo confessed to Detectives that he killed Viridiana on Monday December 16th because of family conflict.
Eduardo stated that he killed Viridiana in the home, then placed her body in his vehicle and transported her to an area outside of The Colony where the body would not be discovered. In the early morning hours of Sunday December 22nd Eduardo then went back to the location he originally placed Viridiana’s body, and transported her back to The Colony where he dumped her body.
According to CBSDFW, ‘Arevalo admitted to killing her the day before she was reported missing and tried to stage her death as a suicide by writing a fake note. He told police he did it because he thought she was an “embarrassment” to the family.’
Detectives are working leads to try to locate the area in question. Eduardo is currently in The Colony Jail and charged with Capital Murder as Viridiana was 8 months pregnant at the time of her death. He could face additional charges at a later time.
