Barraza was executed in her driveway six years in the past this month whereas establishing for a storage sale.
TOMBALL, Texas — A brand new bench now sits in a quiet nook of the expansive Burroughs Park in Tomball the place nature and suburban life intersect.
It honors Liz Barraza, whose life brutally ended six years in the past this month.
“This was like her park,” her father, Bob Nuelle, mentioned.
Barraza’s dad and mom and different family members helped dedicate the bench throughout a ceremony on Thursday. It is the primary so-called “We Keep in mind Memorial” deliberate for Harris County Precinct 3 parks.
“And we’re hoping that occasions like this as we speak will convey in additional suggestions as a result of that is how we resolve this,” Nuelle mentioned.
“I am so grateful and excited for different households that get to have this for his or her family members who won’t be getting this consideration,” Barraza’s widower, Sergio Barraza, mentioned.
He is since remarried however nonetheless wears a pin devoted to his murdered spouse. Liz, an avid Star Wars and Harry Potter fan, was fatally shot 4 instances whereas establishing for a storage sale on the morning of Jan. 25, 2019.
The crime was eerily captured on surveillance video as was a black Nissan Frontier believed to belong to the killer who wore a disguise and stole nothing.
“We’re simply so hopeful and praying that this 12 months the police will have the ability to resolve it,” Sergio Barraza mentioned.
Investigators mentioned Barraza’s household and mates have been totally cooperative from the start and that, whereas unsolved, it is not a chilly case since they proceed to work on it.
“I simply did some interviews with some folks I did not communicate to the primary time,” Sgt. Michael Ritchie with the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace murder unit mentioned. “We’re engaged on a grand jury subpoena to subpoena some data that I wish to take a look at. So, nonetheless, various things are occurring.”
A tree beforehand planted for Liz grows subsequent to her new bench. Prefer it, her household hopes new leads may also blossom.
“All it takes is that this message to hit the one particular person that may name the tip line and resolve the case,” Nuelle mentioned.
There’s at present a $50,000 Crime Stoppers reward for info resulting in an arrest within the case.
