Texas Charges Luis Benitez-Gonzalez in 2 Murders as Police Probe More Victims

7 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 15

Austin police say Luis Benitez-Gonzalez, 26, is charged in the strangling deaths of two women in 2018 and 2024 and in the shootings of two women who survived in late 2025.
DNA evidence and a cellphone grabbed by one survivor during an aggravated assault helped identify him, leading to his April 27 arrest in Dallas and charges announced this week.
Detectives say the six-year gap between the two murder cases is suspicious because the attacks show a repeated pattern against vulnerable female victims, raising fears he committed additional violent crimes.
Benitez-Gonzalez, a Mexican national authorities say was voluntarily deported in 2020 and later reentered the U.S., has ties to Austin, Houston, Dallas and Hidalgo County; police are reviewing unsolved cases and seeking tips.

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