On November 24, 2023, at about 4:20 a.m., Farmers Branch police found two sisters shot dead at a home on Castleton Place: 47-year-old Catalina Valdez Andrade and 43-year-old Merced Andrade Bailon. Both women had suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the head. A third victim, described as the suspect’s daughter, survived a gunshot wound to her arm.

50-year-old Jose Santiago Chairez was arrested later that day and charged with capital murder of multiple persons and aggravated assault causing bodily injury to a family member. He is being held in the Dallas County Jail without bond. Authorities have not disclosed a motive or explained how Chairez knew the sisters, and the investigation is ongoing; police say there is no continued threat to the public.

Funeral services for Catalina and Merced were held December 2, 2023, at Calvary Hill Funeral Home in Dallas. If anyone has information about Catalina or Merced, or about what led to the shootings, please come forward.