TX TX - Oscar Sanchez Garcia, 25, linked to 3 women found dead in empty fields, Dallas, 19 July 2023 *arrest*

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DALLAS — A man has been arrested in connection to the deaths of three womenwho were all found with stab wounds in empty fields in recent months, Dallas police said.

Oscar Sanchez Garcia, 25, was arrested on Wednesday, July 19, and he faces three counts of murder, according to a police news release. His bond was set at $4 million, according to online records.

Police linked Sanchez Garcia to the cases through phone records, video and data from a license plate reader that allegedly put his vehicle and phone locations in the areas where the victims were last known to be alive, and where their bodies were found, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by WFAA.

The first woman's body, later identified as 60-year-old Kimberly Robinson, was found April 22, 2023, in the 200 block of Santa Fe Avenue near the intersection of North Corinth Street Road and East Clarendon Drive in southern Dallas. A person passing by the area near the Trinity River notified police of the body found nude from the waist down and stabbed.

Two months later, a man going down the gravel road at Santa Fe Ave. to fish thought he’d driven over a chain when he got out of his truck and found 25-year-old Cherish Gibson's body in the same area Robinson was found. She was also partially nude and stabbed. Gibson was last seen near an adult bookstore on Harry Hines Boulevard. The owner told WFAA that Dallas police pulled surveillance video from his store because Gibson's phone pinged outside the store.

According to the affidavit, investigators also obtained video from near where Gibson was found dead on Santa Fe Ave. The video showed a blue Ford pickup truck "with distinct stickers on the rear windshield," the affidavit said.

The same pickup truck was captured on a license-plate reader on June 24 on Harry Hines Blvd., around the same time and place Gibson was last seen alive
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Investigators learned that the truck was registered to Sanchez Garcia, who also lived near where Gibson and Robinson were found dead, the affidavit said.

And on July 15, the body of an unidentified woman was found in a field less than five miles away from the other two victims. A man walking his dog discovered the body. He told police his dog had run to it a week earlier but he had believed it was a person sleeping. The body was also not clothed from the waist down and also stabbed.

Affidavit reveals how police linked alleged Dallas serial killer to deaths of 3 women

Police had been investigating if the three deaths were connected.

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Affidavit reveals how police linked alleged Dallas serial killer to deaths of 3 women

Police had been investigating if the three deaths were connected.

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She was also partially nude and stabbed. Gibson was last seen near an adult bookstore on Harry Hines Boulevard.

As a side note....

Harry Hines is the "traditional" prostitution street in Dallas and has a reputation going back generations.

The actual level of prostitution on Harry Hines and nearby areas can vary depending on enforcement and other factors. Recently, however, the level of prostitution in the over all area has exploded to the extent where it is now spreading to new adjacent areas.

As a further side note....

Despite the scattered (boulevard is very long and largely industrial) prostitution, strip joints and bars on the mid to north end, Harry Hines is pretty safe on a night to night basis. That, however, did not prevent three women from losing their lives. Hoping for a crack down on what have become open air sex bazaars. Prostitution is simply not a victimless crime.

 

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Oscar Sanchez Garcia, 25, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of the murders of Cherish Gibson, also 25, and 60-year-old Kimberly Robinson.

Their bodies were found in grassy patches next to the Trinity River earlier this year. A third, unidentified body, was also found nearby.

Police say DNA links Sanchez Garcia to the crimes. There are now fears he may be responsible for other killings in the area.

Have cops discovered ANOTHER serial killer in Dallas?

Oscar Sanchez Garcia, 25, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of the murders of Cherish Gibson, also 25, and 60-year-old Kimberly Robinson.

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“The police department will be quick to point out there’s not a specific criminal charge for being a serial killer. It’s just a string of homicides,” Bray said.

It’s still “early in the game,” and more time may be needed in the homicide investigations to determine if the victims were part of a serial killing, said Bray, who is also the director for the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas.

“It’s not going to be until we really get this investigation underway that we’re going to be able to understand what the real risk was,” Bray said.

How are serial killers identified?​

Bray said there’s not a fixed definition to determine whether someone is a serial killer, but it is instead about the pattern and practices with the offenses.

For example, he said, someone may kill several people, but that wouldn’t necessarily make them a serial killer. What makes something a serial killing is that there is a linkage with the nature of the crime and the circumstances, Bray said.

“Random violence that happens to result in homicide, even if it’s three or more homicides, doesn’t make it a serial killing,” he said.

“It’s not going to be until we really get this investigation underway that we’re going to be able to understand what the real risk was,” Bray said.

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The Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office has identified a woman whose remains were found last week along the Trinity River.

According to the medical examiner, the body of 31-year-old De’brenese Henry was recovered near Brazos Street and E. Jefferson Boulevard at about 9:15 p.m. Saturday.

Henry's cause of death was listed as a homicide, though the medical examiner did not give any further details about how she was killed.

When Henry's remains were found, Dallas Police said her case was the third in a string of murders that may have been committed by the same man, 25-year-old Oscar Sanchez Garcia.

Third possible victim identified in a string of Dallas murders

The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a woman whose remains were found last week along the Trinity River and who police say may have been killed by a man accused of killing two other women.

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Dallas Police said Wednesday that 25-year-old Oscar Sanchez Garcia is facing multiple murder charges for the deaths of three women, 60-year-old Kimberly Robinson, 25-year-old Cherish Gibson, and a woman whose body was found last Saturday near the Trinity River identified Friday as De'brenese Henry.

The women's bodies were found over a four-month period, in April, June, and July. Before announcing a suspect, Dallas Police said the victims may have had ties to prostitution and warned the community that someone may be targeting sex workers.​

According to the arresting document, at about 8 a.m. on June 24, the body of a partially clothed woman was found lying in the grass next to a gravel road by a man headed to fish along the banks of the Trinity River. Police identified the woman as Gibson and said she'd been fatally stabbed that morning, sometime between 5 a.m. and 6:13 a.m.

While investigating the case, detectives learned another woman's body had been found in the same area about two months before, on April 22, about 200 yards away, nude and with similar wounds. That woman was identified as Robinson.

FLOCK cameras, phone records help Dallas Police ID a suspect in deaths of three women

An arrest warrant obtained by NBC 5 on Thursday sheds light on an investigation into the deaths of three Dallas women who are believed to have been killed by the same man.

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25-year-old Cherish Gibson was found dead in the same area two months later.

The third woman was found last Saturday. She has not yet been identified.

Police believe at least two of the victims have possible ties to prostitution.

Police have arrested a serial murder suspect after three women were found dead near the Trinity River in Oak Cliff.

Alleged Dallas serial killer responsible for murders of 3 possible sex workers, police say

Police have arrested a serial murder suspect after three women were found dead near the Trinity River in Oak Cliff.

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Sister of slain woman wants death penalty for alleged Dallas serial killer

Oscar Sanchez Garcia, 25, is accused of killing three women over the course of three months. The sister of one of the victims now wants capital punishment.

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Remains of third victim of alleged serial killer, a woman found last week in north Oak Cliff, identified as 31-year-old De’brenese Janey Henry

Authorities have identified the remains of a woman found last week in north Oak Cliff as De’brenese Janey Henry.

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Learning you've lost someone close is never easy. It was in June when Savanna Gibson discovered her sister had been murdered -- stabbed to death by someone and left in a field near the Trinity River.

"Me, my mom, and my sisters--we were on a group FaceTime, and we were all crying together," Gibson said. "I thought my heart left my body. Just screaming, crying -- we all had to catch our breath."

The department warned potential sex workers because Gibson and another victim were prostitutes.

The two were close before Savanna Gibson got married. Photos and the memories they hold now mean more to her than they ever did.
"She was funny, she was goofy, she was understanding, and she was always there to talk if you needed her," Gibson said. "That's what I'm going to miss the most: the real, true person she was."

The killings shouldn't be lessened either because some victims were sex workers, said Gibson.

"These are regular people. They're normal people. They have lives, and they have families. They have kids," Gibson said. "We shouldn't judge them by what they choose to do. The decisions they make and the things they do with their lives."

"I've seen his mugshot," Gibson said. "He looked at those women as if they were nothing. That's how I look at him. So, I do wish the death penalty on him. He doesn't deserve to walk this Earth."

Garcia is an undocumented immigrant and is currently on an immigration detainer.

Sister of slain woman wants death penalty for alleged Dallas serial killer

Oscar Sanchez Garcia, 25, is accused of killing three women over the course of three months. The sister of one of the victims now wants capital punishment.

www.wfaa.com

 

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"She was funny, she was goofy, she was understanding, and she was always there to talk if you needed her,"

She was also young (25) and at a glance, did not look like a street prostitute.

I once had a conversation with a man at an area bar whom I suspect patronized prostitutes (seemed to know alot of details about the local prostitution scene).

He mentioned that one of the unintended concequences of the government's pressure on Craigslist etc. to forbid thinly disguised prostitution 'personal' ads (implemented after several serial killers used such ads) was that it forced "escort type" prostitutes into the streets.

He then added that this was behind the overall increase in open air prostitution in the Harry Hines area. This victim maybe indicative of that trend. (No longer able to reliably make contacts via ads on various platforms, thus on the street.)

I guess there are no easy answers when it comes to prostitution enforcement.