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PRESS RELEASE
March 15, 2018 Media and Communications Office
Cynthia Palacio
(deceased)
DPS Offers
Increased Reward, Seeks Leads in 2003 Lubbock County Murder
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public
Safety (DPS) is asking for the public’s help in solving the 2003 murder of
Cynthia Palacio, and an increased reward of up to $6,000 is being offered for
information that leads to the arrest of those responsible if the tip is
received before next month’s featured Texas Rangers case is announced. (A
$3,000 reward for information leading to an arrest is routinely offered on all
cases on the Texas Rangers’ Unsolved Homicides website.)
On Tuesday morning, July 15, 2003, the
body of 21-year-old Cynthia Palacio was discovered on a rural caliche road,
west of Slaton, in southeast Lubbock County. She had been strangled, and
was found partially clothed. Palacio, a Lubbock resident, was survived by
her then 2-year-old daughter. Palacio's murder has also been linked to the
April 19, 2004, murder of 21-year-old Linda
Carbajal.
To be eligible for the cash rewards,
tipsters must provide information to authorities by calling the Crime
Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477). All tips are anonymous.
Individuals also
can submit information through the Texas
Ranger cold case website or by contacting us at 1-800-346-3243 (DPS Missing
Persons Hotline).
The DPS Texas Rangers’ Unsolved
Homicides website provides information on more than 75 cases in an effort to
help garner public interest in unsolved or “cold cases.” Texas Crime Stoppers
offers rewards (funded by the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division and
administered by DPS) of up to $3,000 for information that leads to the arrest
of those responsible for any Rangers cold case listed on the website. For more
information, visit the Texas
Ranger cold case website.
As part of a DPS
public awareness program, one case from the Texas Ranger Unsolved Crimes Investigation
(Cold Case) Program is featured each month in an effort to generate new
investigative leads and bring attention to these cold cases. The Texas Crime
Stoppers reward is increased up to $6,000 for the featured case in hopes that
the higher reward money will generate additional tips. The higher reward amount
will only be paid if the tip is submitted before the next case is featured.
The Texas Ranger Unsolved Crimes
Investigation Program was created to assist Texas law enforcement agencies
investigating unsolved murders or violent serial crimes. Since there is no
statute of limitations for the offense of murder, investigators pursue these
cases to a successful resolution or until no viable leads remain.
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