HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Seven years after Elizabeth “Liz’ Barraza was gunned down in her driveway, her father says time is of the essence to search out her killer.
The 29-year-old was shot and killed on the morning of Jan. 25, 2019, exterior her dwelling on Cedar Stroll Drive close to Tomball. She was organising for a storage sale.
Her mother and father, Rosemary and Robert “Bob” Nuelle, have spent years pleading for info in a case that continues to frustrate investigators.
Because the anniversary approaches, that plea has taken on new urgency.
“I might be round for a few years, or it might be a few months,” Bob mentioned. “It is in God’s palms.”
Bob Nuelle was recognized final 12 months with stage 4 esophageal most cancers that has unfold to his liver, lungs, lymph nodes, femur, and backbone, he says. He has misplaced 150 kilos and depends on a feeding tube.
The distinction in his look is gorgeous.
Throughout an interview with ABC13, Bob wore the identical T-shirt he wore at Liz’s vigil seven years in the past. Now, it swallows him.
Regardless of his declining well being, the Nuelles say their willpower to search out justice for his or her daughter has solely intensified.
“We wish individuals to see the bar is raised,” Bob mentioned. “There’s a sense of urgency. I’ve a way of urgency.”
Investigators consider Liz’s homicide was fastidiously deliberate. The suspect, who was disguised, waited for Liz’s husband to go away for work earlier than opening hearth with a revolver, a weapon that doesn’t eject shell casings. Nothing was stolen, and there may be nonetheless no clear motive.
Liz’s household believes it might have been a focused killing, however she had no recognized enemies, they are saying. She was a member of a Star Wars charity group and well-liked.
A number of cameras within the neighborhood, together with the Barrazas’, captured a dark-colored Nissan Frontier, believed to be the suspect’s. The video was extensively launched. Nonetheless, no arrests have been made.
“This case remains to be very energetic,” Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace Sgt. Michael Ritchie mentioned. “We do have proof left on the scene. Know-how is getting higher, and I consider quickly we’ll have the ability to do one thing with it.”
Ritchie says somebody is aware of one thing. There’s a $50,000 Crime Stoppers reward for info resulting in an arrest.
For Bob Nuelle, his want is easy.
“For those who ever wanted to tug in your heartstrings. A 67-year-old man dying and never realizing who shot his daughter,” he mentioned. “I am hoping this makes it laborious to maintain that silence.”
Anybody with info is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477) or by submitting a tip on-line. Suggestions could be made anonymously.
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