A Texas man is behind bars for brutally killing his sister and his toddler niece earlier this week, police in the Lone Star State say.
Kendrick Rayvon Fisher, 29, stands accused of capital murder over the fatal stabbings that took the lives of the 28-year-old and 2-year-old victims in question, according to a press release issued by the Houston Police Department on Saturday.
The incident occurred sometime on Friday at a residence on Richmond Avenue in the west Houston neighborhood of Westchase.
“Officers were flagged down by a citizen who stated an adult female and child were being held hostage within an apartment,” the press release reads. “The citizen was concerned for their safety and told officers a male (suspect Fisher) was inside the apartment.”
The timeline of that alleged hostage situation is unclear. Law enforcement did not suggest officers ever engaged with a hostage-taker during the investigation of the case.
Instead, officers came upon a grim and disturbing scene.
The two female victims were found suffering from multiple stab wounds, and paramedics with the Houston Fire Department pronounced them deceased at the scene, police said.
The defendant was allegedly discovered asleep on a couch.
“Upon detaining Fisher, officers observed he had injuries consistent with a physical altercation, as well as blood on his clothing,” the press release goes on. “Fisher was questioned by HPD homicide detectives and, after consulting with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, he was charged with capital murder and booked into the Harris County Jail.”
Details about the slayings are presently scarce.
The criminal complaint in the case is a threadbare recitation of the crime allegedly committed by the defendant and does not contain the law enforcement narrative of the incident.
Law enforcement has not floated a motive for the shocking violence as of this writing.
Fisher is being detained on $200,000, according to court records reviewed by Law&Crime.
In an order setting bond conditions, Fisher was ordered to have no contact with any victims, to abstain entirely from consuming alcohol, to submit to drug testing, and to be subject to GPS monitoring. Those limits, and more, would be imposed in the event the alleged killer can afford pre-trial release.
The state is pushing for the defendant to be jailed pending trial. He is slated to appear in court on Dec. 3.
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