MANOR, Texas — The Travis County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man wanted for the murder of a 25-year-old man in Manor in December 2021.
The sheriff’s office had obtained a murder warrant for the arrest of Christopher Isaiah Martinez, 25, a transient believed to be living in Austin.
On Wednesday, Jan. 19, the TCSO said Martinez had reportedly been seen in the Riverside/Pleasant Valley area of Austin. On Tuesday, Jan. 25, the TCSO said Martinez had been arrested by the Austin Police Department on Jan. 24, as the result of a caller who provided his location and description.
Martinez is suspected of killing Jose Cruz Rivera of Manor on Tuesday, Dec. 14.
Just before 10 p.m. on Dec. 14, deputies responded to a report of a person shot in the 13500 block of James Garfield Street. Upon arrival, deputies found Rivera dead on the scene with a gunshot wound, the TCSO said.
This was the 12th homicide the TCSO had worked for 2021.
The TSCO said on Tuesday that Martinez is charged with murder and his bail is set at $500,000.
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