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Police make arrest connected to 3 Dallas homicides

Police make arrest connected to 3 Dallas homicides
Police make arrest connected to 3 Dallas homicides 00:29

DALLAS, Texas (CBSNewsTexas.com) - A 25-year-old man is in custody Thursday in connection, police say, to three women found dead in southwest Dallas over three months.

Dallas police arrested Oscar Sanchez Garcia based on evidence gathered during the preliminary investigation. 

On April 22 the body of Kimberly Robinson, 60, was found in the 200 block of Sante Fe Avenue.

A few months later, on June 15, police found the body of an unidentified woman in the 800 block of Brazos Street.

Then, nine days later, Cherish Gibson, 25, was found dead in the 200 block of Sante Fe Avenue near East Eighth Street.

Sanchez Garcia is charged with three counts of murder, the report states. Two of the three charges are dated April 22 of this year, the third murder charge is dated July 9. He also shows a charge for assault that causes bodily injury/family violence on March 13.

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Oscar Sanchez Garcia, arrested by DPD July 19, 2023 and charged with 3 counts of murder Dallas Police Department
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