Edward Acosta Jimenez

Edward Acosta Jimenez, a 32-year-old Hispanic man, was found shot to death in San Antonio, Texas, on January 27, 2023. He was discovered alongside 25-year-old Alyssa Nicole Perez inside a vehicle parked in the 400 block of Trudell Drive. The tragic discovery was made by Jimenez’s mother just before 2 a.m. when she went to wake her son for work. Seeing the unfamiliar car outside her home, she approached and found the two victims inside.

When police arrived, they found both Jimenez and Perez had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. A neighbor’s security camera footage revealed the shooting had occurred earlier, at 12:50 a.m., and showed a man walking away from the car after shots were fired. Investigators collected several spent shell casings from the scene, as well as a plastic cup from the center console that might have held fingerprints. The investigation soon focused on Perez’s ex-boyfriend, 18-year-old Lazerith Esteban Carrillo, with whom she had recently ended a relationship. Family members told police that Carrillo had been violent before, having fired a gun at Perez’s vehicle just a week prior to the murders.

Hours after the bodies were found, Carrillo attempted an armed carjacking approximately a mile away from the murder scene. The carjacking was thwarted when the intended victim’s friend intervened, and Carrillo fled on foot. Police apprehended him shortly thereafter. At the time of his arrest, Carrillo was in possession of Perez’s cellphone, and ballistic analysis confirmed that the gun he was carrying was the same one used to kill Jimenez and Perez.

Carrillo was initially charged with capital murder of multiple persons, robbery, and burglary of vehicles. While awaiting legal proceedings, he caused a disturbance during a court hearing in November 2024, yelling and admitting to the crime. The families of both victims had been preparing for a trial.

On March 23, 2026, Carrillo, then 22, accepted a plea agreement. As part of the deal, the capital murder charges were waived, and an aggravated robbery charge was dismissed. He pleaded guilty to murder and received two concurrent 50-year prison sentences. As of March 2026, the case is closed. Carrillo will be eligible for parole after serving 25 years.