ATLANTA — Police have arrested a man wanted in the murder of a transgender woman in Brookhaven months after her death.
Police said 18-year-old Pedro Silva-Renteria was taken into custody in the murder of Sophie Vasquez in Texas on Thursday.
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Vasquez was found shot multiple times in her Brookhaven apartment on May 4.
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Police said Silva-Renteria was arrested with the help of the United States Marshals Service, The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Grand Prairie Police Department.
Silva-Renteria will be held in Texas pending extradition proceedings to return him to Georgia, at which time he will be taken to the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office Jail.
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Silva-Renteria is charged with Murder, and additional charges are expected.
Anyone with information is asked to call Brookhaven Police at 404-637-0600, or Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS (8477).
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