Illegal Immigrant Kills 10-Year-Old Girl in Texas

Sad news out of Texas this week — but a story that has become all too familiar n recent years.

Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said Kayla Gomez, 10, was found in a well on Saturday night. She first disappeared on Tuesday evening from Bullard First Assembly Church during a prayer service.

Smith said the child’s body was found through an investigative lead. After obtaining a search warrant, investigators determined her remains were in a well near a family member’s home at the location off the 22000 block of Old Jacksonville Highway. She was still in the clothes she was last seen in when Tyler Fire crews helped recover the body, after midnight.

The body was sent to Dallas for autopsy Sunday morning.

Authorities are still searching the residence and vehicles at the location for more evidence.

The scene where Kayla disappeared is about three miles from where she went missing.

The family member who is believed responsible for her death is currently being on an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer. He is currently in the Smith County Jail. No bond has been set. The man’s name has not been released, but officials say the relative is either 23-years or 24-years-old.

According to a law enforcement source, the man is in the country illegally and had been previously deported for a violent crime in 2014. He has been identified to KETK as Gustavo Zavala, 24, of Bullard, according to the source. Judicial records show Zavala was arrested for assault causing bodily injury twice in 2014.

Zavala was previously deported, yet managed to again commit violent crimes in America two years later. It just goes to show how stunningly inept our government is. We deport these violent criminals, but refuse to build the wall that will keep them from reentering the United States. It only makes sense if you believe that PC principles matter more than American life. To many of our politicians, they do.

Source: East Texas Matters