The revelation has left Houston furious with authorities over their handling of the investigation — an inquiry that she said for years offered few answers and appeared to miss potentially key evidence.
June 3, 2023, 1:13 AM UTCSonia Houston wasn't sure what had killed her mother four years ago. If anything was to blame, it was probably her drinking, Houston said she believed — until Wednesday.authorities in Austin, Texas, revealed that convicted murderer Raul Meza Jr., 62, had confessed to multiple killings“Had he not confessed, she would have just been another unknown,” Houston said, putting the blame on authorities for not properly investigating her mother's death.
The revelation has left Houston furious with authorities over their handling of the investigation — an inquiry that she said for years offered few answers and appeared to miss potentially key evidence, including a used condom that Houston said she found in her mother’s kitchen. "It would have been different if she was white and on the other side" of Austin, Houston’s older sister, Christina Fultz, said in an interview."It would have been solved in a week."An Austin Police Department spokesperson said in an email that Chief Joseph Chacon was recently made aware of the case's details and had launched an administrative review of"potential investigative lapses.
Lofton quit working in her late 40s, spent much of her time drinking and moved in with her father, Houston said. They offered few details about what had happened, and after roughly 24 hours, authorities had returned her mother's house keys and said she could return to the home, she said.Houston's older sister, Fultz, went with her to the house. Lofton had given her older daughter up for adoption as a newborn but the sisters became close in the years before Lofton's death.
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