Erica Larracuente was 26 when she was found dead in her apartment at the Windrush Apartments in Corpus Christi, Texas, on May 14, 2022. She and 24-year-old Micaela Sudell both suffered fatal gunshot wounds; their bodies were discovered after officers responding to a welfare check were let into the unit by maintenance staff when no one answered the door.

Police quickly identified 37-year-old Jason Lara as the primary suspect. He was arrested on May 20, 2022, initially on outstanding unlawful possession of a firearm warrants; a capital murder warrant was later secured and he was charged in both deaths and held in the Nueces County Jail with bond set at $1 million. Lara’s trial began in 2023, resulting in a conviction for capital murder; the jury found him guilty of the killings and Judge Sandra Watts sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Trial testimony noted Lara had been on probation and that the Nueces County Community Supervision and Correction Department had twice asked the district attorney’s office to revoke his probation in an eight-month span, requests the DA’s office abandoned.

Erica’s death, alongside Sudell’s, prompted scrutiny of the probation process and questions about whether different handling of those revocation requests could have prevented this outcome. If anyone knew Erica or has information about the circumstances leading up to May 14, please share what was seen or heard.