Suspect Accused Of Breaking Into 90-year-old Texas Man’s Home And Stabbing Him To Death With A Screwdriver

A fishy accused of breaking into a 90-year-old man’s Texas location and stabbing him to decease pinch a screwdriver has been charged pinch murder.

Anthony Cerda, 34, was arrested Friday by Houston Police for nan execution of Francisco Chura, who died past September aft being attacked by nan suspect, according to authorities.

Houston Police said successful a caller press release that officers recovered Chura pinch “multiple blunt unit trauma wounds” connected August 20, 2025. Chura was sent to nan hospital, but weeks later, connected September 7, he died from his injuries.

On nan nighttime of nan attack, Chura had been sleeping astatine his home, which was attached to a convenience shop that he owned for decades, Law & Crime reported, citing a probable origin apprehension affidavit.

Cerda allegedly jumped connected apical of Chura, punching him many times and stabbing him pinch a screwdriver, according to nan affidavit.

Chura told investigators that he played dormant until nan fishy ran away. He past hid successful nan bath until nan sun came up earlier going to a neighbor’s location for help.

Police allegedly recovered Chura’s furniture sheets soaked pinch blood, a bent and bloodied screwdriver and an empty, unfastened safe. Chura said that astir $3,000 successful rate was missing from nan safe.

Earlier this month, laboratory results allegedly showed that DNA from some Cerda and Chura was recovered connected nan screwdriver.

Those who knew Chura were shocked by his murder.

“Everybody knew him. Everybody grew up pinch him,” 1 neighbour told ABC13. “Everybody was amazed erstwhile that happened.”

The affidavit offered further specifications astir nan investigation into Chura’s murder, which progressive aggregate group coming guardant astir nan events starring up to nan attack.

A man pinch agelong hair, a characteristic Chura said nan fishy had, was seen by constabulary hiding successful a crawl abstraction astatine a location adjacent Chura’s location astir 2 months aft nan attack, according to nan affidavit.

The proprietor of nan location said nan man was her nephew, Cerda. She said Chura would sometimes indebtedness Cerda money.

Investigators besides heard from a man, who said that Chura told him nan nighttime earlier nan onslaught that he had fixed money to an unidentified man who past returned to request much money. But Chura reportedly refused to springiness him much money.

Another man told constabulary that he was getting precocious pinch Cerda aft nan onslaught erstwhile he allegedly confessed, “I killed Pancho,” Chura’s nickname.

Cerda was being held successful nan Harris County jailhouse arsenic of Monday.