Yordi Barthelemy Charged with Capital Murder in Deaths of Three Women at South Padre Island

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According to KSAT, Yordi Barthelemy has been charged with capital murder for the fatal shootings of three women and assault family violence after a shooting at a South Padre, Texas condominium on Saturday, August 6.

South Padre Island police officers responded to a “family disturbance” on that night. Once they arrived, they found three women dead from what looked like gunshot wounds.

The women have been identified as Odalys Hernandez, 46, Zulema Hernandez-Napoles, 47, and Sandra Napoles, 65, and all died from their injuries.

According to reports, the women involved were Houston natives.

Barthelemy fled the scene and later decided to turn himself in. He was finally arrested in Port Isabel.

Police reported that Barthelemy is from Kerens, a city located over 500 miles north of South Padre Island, where the incident took place.

Three women were found dead in the costal resort community of South Padre Island, now a 23-year-old Texas man has been charged with capital murder for the killings. https://t.co/hQexTVFqaU pic.twitter.com/a8fGAY4CFo

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Authorities have not determined the motive for the murders nor the exact relationship between Barthelemy and the victims.

According to Valley Central, Barthelemy is currently being held without bond for the murders he committed but stands at a $50,000 bond for the assault charge. The suspect was transported to the Cameron County Jail.

South Padre Island is a community on a barrier island of the same name, off the southern coast of Texas near the Mexican border.

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