According to the Texas Department of Public Safety , a grand jury has recently indicted a Texas man in connection with a 2005 cold case murder.

What We Know About the Texas Cold Case Murder of Valerie Laguna

In 2005, Valerie Laguna 's body was discovered in a cemetery near Cotulla, Texas. Cotulla is a small town between San Antonio and Laredo. Valerie was only 26 years old and heavily pregnant at the time of her death.

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Valerie's body was found with "trauma to her head and a laceration near her neck area." She is believed to have been beaten, strangled, and sexually assaulted. Her baby was at 8 months of gestation and also did not survive the brutal attack.

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