From: Ocean County Prosecutor's Office ( Mayra Gavilanez-Alectus ) OCEAN COUNTY, N.J. - A woman who authorities say fatally beat her wife with a wine chiller inside their southern New Jersey apartment last weekend has been captured in Texas.
Mayra Gavilanez-Alectus, 48, of Brick, was arrested Wednesday in Houston, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office announced Thursday.
Officials said she apparently had traveled there by bus from New York City, but did not release further details. Gavilanez-Alectus is charged with murder and two weapons offenses in the slaying of Rebecca Gavilanez-Alectus, 32.
Brick police found her body in a bedroom when they responded Sunday to reports of an unresponsive person. RELATED COVERAGE: CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY An