An accused murderer who was able to escape the house arrest by breaking down his ankle monitor, was arrested on Monday after a monthly manhunt as one of the 10 most wanted fugitive fighters of Texas.
Trevor Mceeuen, 32, was confronted with charges of capital murder when he came up a court on 5 May – who the Lone Star State Gov. Greg Abbott tore as proof of “Why Texas has to repair it broken and deadly bail system.”
Mceuen finally became early Monday, with a Photo Him barefoot and covered with mud in the back of a police cruiser.
Mceuen was placed on the list of the most wanted fugitive fighters of Texas with a reward of $ 30,000 for information that led to his arrest. It was not immediately clear whether a tip led to Monday’s arrest.
He fled house arrest while waiting for the trial for capital murder attacks for the implementation style in 2023 of a neighbor, Aaron Martinez, 35, who was shot in the back and the forehead 15 to 30 times.
The killing came at the height of a long feud between the neighbors, whose family of Martinez claimed that Mceuen shot on the ownership of Martinez and hurled racial statements to him.
After the murder, Mceuen was arrested after an impasse with the SWAT team and accused of murder. He was charged for capital murder in November 2023, CBS News reported.
He was released from prison in September, but was locked up again after he had violated his conditions by posting pictures of Martinez online.
He was released again after placing another $ 2 million bond in December, just to finally break down and flee his ankle monitor, According to Fox 4 News.
“A violent criminal such as Mceuen accused of capital murder should never be released on our streets,” said Abbott. “That is why I have made a bail of an emergency situation that this legislative session must endure.”
