While reviewing surveillance footage of the incident, detectives observed a man, later identified as Esparza, hitting Billmeier with a blunt object multiple times in the head, police said.
According to the arrest warrant, a similar murder occurred at 2150 Fort Worth Avenue, approximately 1.3 miles away from the site of the first murder.
Police said that on Nov. 20, Slusser was bludgeoned to death with at the Fort Worth Avenue location.
Surveillance video showed a man hitting Slusser with a sledge hammer multiple times, court documents allege.
Due to the close proximity of both murder locations, police said they believed that both murders were likely committed by the same suspect.
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Texas authorities confirm a 58-year-old man has been indicted on two counts of murder for allegedly bludgeoning two homeless men to death with a sledgehammer.
Adelaido Amaya Esparza has been in custody since Nov. 23, 2020, after allegedly killing Daniel Slusser, 60, and Fredrick Hoylee Billmeier, who was 50. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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PEOPLE confirms through online records that Esparza was indicted on Dec. 29, 2020, and is being held on $500,000 bond. It was unclear if he s entered pleas to the charges, and information on his lawyer was unavailable.
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