Ep 11: Realtor Mayra Velasquez: How Ancestry DNA (maybe) Solved the 2012 Murder of Irasema Chavez

Podcast: True Crime in Real Estate™ · Sandi Lyn

Opublikowano: 2026-10-31

Today’s episode examines the 2012 murder of Irasema Chavez in Arlington, Texas, where she was found stabbed more than 100 times inside her apartment. Surveillance footage captured a hooded figure entering after Chavez opened the door, but the video was too low quality to identify the person. Investigators found a single drop of female blood on a bedroom TV stand that did not belong to Chavez, but the DNA produced no CODIS match. A stolen television, lack of forced entry, and the brutality of the killing suggested Chavez knew her attacker, while an early tip reportedly pointed investigators toward a cl...