48-year-old Leonard Torres (Source: Potter County Sheriff’s Office)
AMARILLO, Texas – A Colorado woman has been identified as the victim in a homicide investigation that led to the arrest of an Amarillo man and the recovery of a body buried behind a local property.
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Missing Colorado woman’s body found
What we know:
The Amarillo Police Department identified the victim as 31-year-old Faith Smith of Colorado.
According to police, the homicide unit received information on Oct. 1 indicating that a woman from Colorado had been shot and buried at an unknown location in Amarillo following an incident inside a vehicle. Investigators identified witnesses, confirmed the details, and pinpointed a suspect as 48-year-old Leonard Torres.
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Torres was found driving the suspected vehicle and taken into custody following a short chase. Further information led authorities to a burial site behind a detached garage under construction in the 3100 block of Orange Street. The Crime Scene Investigation Unit and homicide investigators recovered a body from the site, which has been sent for an autopsy.
Torres was booked into the Potter County Detention Center on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The Amarillo Police Department’s Homicide Unit is actively investigating the case.
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