Updated on Friday, Oct. 24 by Naheed Rajwani : The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office has concluded that Veloz was strangled. She also had blunt force injuries on her head, the office said.
Veloz was a student at the Dallas Can Academy in Pleasant Grove, school officials said. The charter school houses grades 9 through 12.
Updated on Wednesday, Oct. 22 by Naheed Rajwani: The girl has been identified as Jackeline Veloz, 16, Lt. Thomas Castro said in a news conference Wednesday.
Castro classified Veloz’s death as a violent homicide, but did not go into details.
Police said they spoke with Veloz’s boyfriend and other witnesses. Those interviews led to the arrest of a 16-year-old boy.
The 16-year-old’s name was not released Wednesday. Police said they were trying to determine the relationship between Veloz and the boy.
Original post at on Tuesday, Oct. 21: Dallas police are investigating a likely homicide near Lawnview Park in the Fair Park area.
For now details remain scant, but Dallas police spokesperson Chinh Le says someone called 911 at 7:22 Tuesday morning reporting that they’d found a body near the intersection of Scyene Road and Hatcher Street. Police and Dallas Fire-Rescue were called to the scene near the park, where, Le says, they discovered the body of a Hispanic woman.
“There is evidence of a homicide,” says Le. Police are interviewing witnesses.
Updates to come.