Police arrested a 75-year-old man on a capital murder charge Monday night in the case of a woman missing since last week and whose body still has not been found.Officers arrested Leroy Tellgren at his Carrollton home about 7:30 p.m., Coppell Police Chief Roy Osborne said. Investigators believe he killed Kathleen Garza, 49, whom he befriended several years ago when they worked together at a school.
Leroy Tellgren
"Unfortunately, this is one of those times that a police chief dreads," Osborne said in announcing the arrest at police headquarters. The chief declined to discuss a possible motive in the killing.
Kathleen Garza, 49, of Coppell, Texas, has been missing since Thursday, April 16. Leroy Tellgren, of Carrollton,75, has been arrested on charges of murder. Tellgren was arrested on Monday, April 20.
Kathleen Garza’s husband, Raul Garza, said his wife had a coffee date with Tellgren on Thursday, April 16. Tellgren has been jailed on a $1 million bail. Mrs Garza had worked with Mr Tellgren for 5 years and saw him as a friend and father figure. Garza and Tellgren worked in a school.
Garza's husband, Raul, said his wife had planned to meet Tellgren for coffee.
"She saw him as a father figure," Raul Garza said. "I had no reason to believe otherwise."
When he couldn't reach his wife, he said, he called Tellgren, who told him he didn't know where she was.
"It blows my mind why anybody would hurt her," he said.
Osborne said police have also recovered Tellgren's pickup truck. But they want to talk to any witnesses who may have seen Tellgren between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. Thursday.
"We still want to find Kathy," Garza said as he fought back tears.
Tellgren was believed to have been driving the dark green Chevrolet S-10 extended-cab pickup truck with Texas license plates 46X WC5. The truck has a Masonic Lodge insignia on the back, police said.
Garza had worked as a teacher at Coppell Middle School East but left last May, according to her husband.
Over the weekend, family, friends and neighbors posted fliers at businesses in Coppell and surrounding areas seeking information about Garza.
Police had said they spoke to a person of interest shortly after she disappeared.
Police hope that by tracing the routes Tellgren used, they may get clues to locate Kathleen Garza’s body. Police have not disclosed why they had reason to believe Garza was murdered.
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