LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Earlier today, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Texas Rangers, in collaboration with the La Salle County Sheriff’s Office, executed an arrest warrant for Saul Gonzalez, 66, a resident of San Antonio, Texas, at the Eagle Ford Crossing in Cotulla. On August 29, 2025, a La Salle County grand jury indicted Gonzalez for capital murder connected to a 2005 cold case.

On July 19, 2005, Valerie Laguna was found deceased at the Cristo Rey Cemetery in Cotulla, Texas. Laguna appeared to have been sexually assaulted, beaten, and strangled. She was approximately eight months pregnant at the time of her death. Laguna’s unborn baby also died.

The La Salle County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with the Texas Rangers, Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, DPS Crime Labor

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