Esther Garza was a 31-year-old Hispanic woman killed on October 11, 1983, in Fort Bend County, Texas, as part of a six-victim spree carried out by Eliseo Hernandez Moreno. Moreno, who was estranged from his wife Esther, began the rampage in College Station, where he killed Esther and her brother-in-law Juan Garza. He went on to kill Texas Highway Patrol trooper Russell Boyd near Hempstead and three elderly Hempstead residents, Ann Bennatt, Allie Wilkins, and James Bennatt.

Moreno was arrested at a roadblock in Wharton County while driving with another hostage. He was later convicted of all six homicides, received the death penalty for the murder of Trooper Boyd, and lengthy prison terms for the other murders. Moreno refused appeals and was executed by lethal injection on March 4, 1987.

Esther’s death was part of a wider spree that also claimed her brother-in-law and several members of the Hempstead community. Does anyone have memories of Esther or information about her life in the Fort Bend or College Station area?