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@Kell1 and anyone else wanting to catch up on this case, here's a link to msm, timeline, no discussion thread.
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credit to @POSleuth created the following write-up (saved on page two) 1/25/2024.
HOUSTON – A woman who was gunned down by a suspect Friday morning while she was setting up for a garage sale outside a northwest Harris County home died from her wounds on Saturday, according to deputies.
WARNING: Some might find the video displayed below disturbing.
The shooting happened shortly before 7 a.m. in the 8600 block of Cedar Walk Drive near Princeton Place Drive.
Neighbors heard the gunshots and dialed 911.
A woman who was gunned down by a suspect Friday morning while she was setting up for a garage sale outside a northwest Harris County home died from her wounds on Saturday, according to deputies.
www.click2houston.com
January 26, 2019 at 10:18 PM
TX - Elizabeth (Liz) Barraza, 29, Tomball, Shot Dead, Jan. 25, 2019, MSM, Maps,Timeline, NO DISCUSSION
I wrote something up to help introduce people to the case and to synthesize various information.
On January 25, 2019, Bob and Rosemary Nuelle arrive at their daughter’s home where police tape already blocks the street. Their daughter, Elizabeth “Liz” Barraza had stayed home from work to have a garage sale. They received a call from Liz’s home alarm provider. The alarm was triggered, and the provider could not reach Liz. At the house they see the heavy police presence, and their hearts drop to their stomachs. They don’t know what happened, but in their guts, they know today will be the worst day of their lives. Law enforcement tells them that their daughter was life flighted to Memorial Hermann. Life flighted? What could have possibly happened during a garage sale to require a life flight? They never imagined that in the early morning hours before the sale officially started, a cold-blooded killer executed their daughter only moments after her husband, Sergio Barraza, left for work.
The Murder.
The murder was caught on a neighbor’s CCTV camera.The video shows an individual approaching Liz, who stands in her driveway. The two briefly stand facing each other talking before three shots are fired at Liz in rapid succession. Liz collapses to the ground. The shooter then stands over Liz and shoots her a final time before running to a Nissan Fronter Pro4X. The killer then races away in the direction from which the shooter had come.
Police reveal that, inexplicably, the Nissan Frontier turns around at the front of the neighborhood and drives back past the Barraza home. A risky maneuver for someone who just committed murder in a quiet suburban neighborhood.
Many believe the shooter’s gait to be feminine. The shooter’s garb is unusual too. The shooter is wearing what looks like a dress or long coat. The shooter wears boots that stop just below the knees. When the killer bends over to shoot Liz one last time, the shooter’s long hair or wig is visible. The lighting and quality of the video is poor so little about the killer can be identified with certainty.
Another video released by law enforcement, footage from the Barrazas’ doorbell camera, provides audio of Liz’s interaction with her killer. (
). In the video, we hear Liz greet her killer with a loud “good morning.” Moments later, gunshots and Liz screams. Then the murderer races away. Many have amplified the audio and claim to hear a wide range of dialogue between Liz’s “good morning” and the truck racing away.
The Garage Sale.
The garage sale is not well advertised. Elizabeth and Sergio Barraza tell only a few people about the sale. The timeline provided by Liz’s parents indicates signs for the garage sale were first put out the night before the murder.
www.whokilledlizbarraza.com. The signs said the garage sale would take place on Friday and Saturday. Early reports indicate the signs were put out that morning, but that’s apparently an error.
Tomball woman murdered while setting up for garage sale was raising money for wedding anniversary trip. All sources agree that very few people knew about the sale: a few co-workers, close friends, family members, and whoever saw the signs during the short time they were up.
The purpose of the garage sale is to make extra money to buy souvenirs during the Barraza’s five-year wedding anniversary trip to Universal Studios and Disney. They plan to depart on their trip that Sunday, January 27th. Some say the garage sale was an annual event, but Liz’s parents say that is inaccurate.
Episode 139 Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Barraza Part 1 of 2 — AbJack Entertainment.
The Locations.
Liz is murdered at her home, located at 8623 Cedar Walk Drive, Tomball, Texas. Sergio leaves home at 6:48 am to go to Lowes where he will commence his workday. He works for his dad’s flooring company.
A camera captures the killer’s truck entering the school’s parking lot at 6:47:50 am. Ten seconds later, at 6:48 am, the truck is seen leaving the parking lot to conceal on a street. The school had cameras, but they were not functional.
Point A – Goddard School;
Point B – Barraza Home
The Goddard School is located at 8522 Princeton Place Dr, Tomball, TX 77375, which is 350 yards away from the Barraza home. The Lowes where Sergio Barraza’s workday is to commence is located at 20902 Kuykendahl Rd, Spring, TX 77379.
Point A – Barraza Home;
Point B – Lowe’s; (P) – Goddard School
On his way to work, Sergio passes the Goddard school.
The Timeline.
Liz’s family provides a detailed and helpful timeline of events surrounding Liz’s murder.
According to the timeline, Sergio and Liz place signs about the garage sale in the neighborhood on Thursday evening.
At around 2 am, in the early morning hours of Friday, January 25th, the killer’s Nissan truck is recorded passing the Barraza home. This, among other evidence, strongly suggests the murder was premeditated.
That morning, a little after 6 am, Liz goes to purchase Starbucks coffee. After the murder, law enforcement inspects a Starbucks cup with a receipt on it. The time on the receipt is 6:07 am.
A camera records the Nissan truck pulling into the Goddard parking lot at 6:47:50 am. Sergio leaves for work at 6:48:00 am. At the same time, 6:48:00 am, the killer leaves the parking lot to conceal on another street. Presumably, the truck then went to the nearby Rosevale Ct. cul-de-sacs or Oconee drive.
Sgt. Ritchie indicated on a Paula Zahn episode that the killer must have recognized Sergio’s van leaving for work.
Liz’s father remarks on how quickly the killer arrived at the home after Sergio left. He also suggests the killer might have been behind Sergio at one point. (
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Three minutes and forty seconds after leaving the Goddard parking lot, the truck comes back into view of a camera. During the interim time, the truck concealed on an unidentified street. What the killer did during that time is unclear. The school and Liz’s home are less than a minute’s drive apart.
Another camera captures the killer doing a three-point turn near the Barraza home at 6:52:12 am. This is four minutes and 12 seconds after leaving Goddard school.
Between 06:52:20 am and 06:52:50 am, Liz says good morning to her killer, they interact momentarily before the killer fires four bullets into Liz. At 06:53:10 am the killer runs back to the truck and flees.
According to the website timeline, at 6:53:49 am a neighbor calls 911. At 6:54:47 am, the neighbor witnesses the killer’s truck return. The Barraza’s doorbell captures the truck pass their home at 6:55:08 a.m.
Less than four minutes after the truck returned to and passed the Barraza home, law enforcement officers arrive on the scene.
Law enforcement officers enter the Barraza home to clear the scene. In the process, they trigger the Barrazas’ home alarm system, which Sergio had presciently advised Liz to set in case something happened during the garage sale. After the alarm is triggered, the alarm company calls Liz’s parents. When the company calls, they tell Liz’s parents that the alarm was triggered, and the company could not reach Liz. Liz’s parents immediately leave to check on their daughter.
Around this time, Sergio begins talking to law enforcement through his doorbell system. He asks if Liz is okay, but law enforcement only instructs him to return home.
At 7:36:33 am, Liz’s parents arrive. They are obviously distraught and ask about their daughter’s condition. At 7:38:31 am, Sergio arrives home and is detained by law enforcement for questioning. The arrival of Liz’s parents and her husband Sergio is captured on law enforcement dashcam video. (
). The video shows approximately thirty minutes of Sergio’s initial reaction and statements to law enforcement.
Sergio mentions a dispute between Liz and other members in the 501st Legion, a charity group of which Liz and Sergio are members. Sergio even identifies a specific person in the 501st, but also says he does not think that person or anyone else in the group is responsible.
The next day, at 1:40 pm, Liz is pronounced dead. As an organ donor, parts of her continue living in others.
The Suspects and Motives.
SERGIO BARRAZA
The online, true crime community largely believes Sergio Barraza has some culpability for Liz’s murder. It’s widely agreed that Sergio could not have pulled the trigger, but most online believe Sergio must have some responsibility for the murder. Speculation as to the motive for having his wife murdered ranges widely.
One possible incentive for Sergio to have his wife killed was a $250,000 life insurance policy, with a provision that caused the policy to double under certain circumstances, including murder. Apparently, Sergio has not collected the policy either by choice or because the insurer will not permit him to collect the policy until he is ruled out as a suspect. Either way, Sergio stood to gain, potentially, up to $500,000 from Liz’s murder.
Some speculate that Sergio had a love interest aside from Liz. There is zero evidence, however, that he was ever unfaithful or had an admirer while married to Liz. Sergio did begin dating approximately a year and half after his wife’s murder and ultimately remarried, but there is no evidence the relationship commenced before Liz’s murder.
Others have speculated that Sergio wanted out of the marriage for some unknown reason and decided murder was a better exit than divorce. By all accounts, however, Sergio and Liz had a thriving and loving marriage.
Other than the life insurance policy, all other reasons suggested for why Sergio might have had Liz murdered are based on speculation for which there is no evidence, at least currently. Statistically, the husband is the most likely culprit, so he’ll likely be tainted with suspicion unless someone else is proven responsible and his involvement is ruled out.
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