Tarrant County grand jury indicts man in second death

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a Fort Worth man arrested after a severed head was found near a walking trail is suspected in the death of a second person.

A Tarrant County grand jury on Thursday indicted 28-year-old Hector Acosta-Ojeda on a charge of capital murder. A second man also was indicted in the July death of Triston Ray Algiene.

Investigators believe Algiene wanted to purchase drugs when Acosta-Ojeda and others beat, robbed and later killed him. They say his body was then cut in two and placed in the foundation of a home.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Acosta-Ojeda previously was indicted in September in the deaths of Erick Zelaya and his girlfriend.

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It was Zelaya’s head that was found near the trail in Arlington.

Online jail records for Acosta-Ojeda don’t indicate whether he has an attorney.

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