Martha Batchelor, 53, was found murdered in her San Antonio apartment on July 8, 2013. Maintenance workers responding to a work order discovered the scene. Investigators believe she was likely awakened about 4:30 a.m. by someone knocking or entering, tried to call 911, and was overpowered in her bedroom. The crime scene was described as heinous; Batchelor was sexually assaulted and murdered.

Authorities later linked DNA from the scene to Bradford Hudson, who lived in the same apartment complex and was arrested in California on an unrelated family violence charge before being extradited to San Antonio on capital murder charges. That capital murder charge was dismissed in March 2020 pending further investigation; Hudson died later that year. Batchelor’s family has said they were frustrated by limited communication from the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office.

The case remains unsolved. Anyone with information about Martha Batchelor or her apartment complex at the time is asked to come forward.