Police on Wednesday arrested a man believed to be involved in the murder of three women in recent months in Dallas.
Oscar Sanchez Garcia, 25, is expected to be charged with three murders, according to one The Dallas Police Department press release.
Authorities said the suspect was identified “by evidence gathered by detectives” in a preliminary investigation into the murders, which took place over a four-month period.
On April 22, 60-year-old Kimberly Robinson was found dead in an open field near the Trinity River in southwest Dallas. That reports NBC News. Two months later, on June 24, 25-year-old Cherish Gibson was found stabbed to death near the field where Robinson’s body was found. On Saturday, the body of a third woman, whose identity has not been identified, was also found near the river, a few miles from where the other two bodies were found.
The causes of death of Robinson and the unknown woman remain unknown.
Dallas police are investigating a possible connection between the three deaths and reported that at least two of the women could be linked to prostitution.
“While the Dallas Police Department has not determined whether the three deaths are related, the investigation has determined that at least two of the victims have possible ties to prostitution,” the department said in a statement Wednesday.
Police have not said what motive Sanchez Garcia might have had, according to police KDFW TV in Dallas. Investigations are ongoing and police said they are sharing information about the murders and the suspect’s arrest in the “interests of public safety”.
