THE LONE STAR FUGITIVE TASK FORCE ARRESTS CAPITAL MURDER SUSPECT IN DEATH OF INFANT CHILD

San Antonio – Today the United States Marshals Service sponsored Lone Star Fugitive Task Force along with the San Antonio Police Department Repeat Offender Program (SAPD-ROP) arrested a man charged in the Capital Murder of a Child.

On December 8, 2006, San Antonio Police responded to 4214 East Southcross for a report of an injured child. The child, 13 month old Serenity Price was taken to University Hospital in critical condition. She later died. Serenity’s death was ruled a homicide by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office. Serenity’s mother reported the suspect, 24 year old Lorance Dontae Hill, was alone in a bedroom with Serenity and was the last person to see her alive in good condition.

On August 6, 2007, San Antonio Police applied for and obtained a Capital Murder arrest warrant for Hill. One day after the issuance of the warrant and intense media coverage, the fugitive Lorance Hill, was nowhere to be found. The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (LSFTF) was then contacted for assistance. LSFTF members partnered with plain clothes SAPD ROP Detectives and began an intense manhunt for Hill. Information developed during the investigation placed Hill in a Motel 6 off of IH-35 in San Antonio. After conducting covert surveillance for two days with no sign of Hill entering or leaving the Motel 6, it was decided to do a strategically planned room to room search for Hill. The third room searched resulted in finding Hill with an adult female. Hill was arrested without incident and the female is not charged at this time.

The United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas LaFayette Collins said, “Because of the relationships the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force has forged with the surrounding law enforcement agencies, we are able to unite in going after those that harm society and especially, those that harm our children. Our prayers go out for young Serenity Price.”

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES IN THIS ARREST:

• Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Office
• Bexar County Sheriff’s Office
• Comal County Sheriff’s Office
• San Antonio Independent School District Police
• San Antonio Police Department Repeat Offender Program
•  United States Marshals Service