El Paso law enforcement authorities are searching for a man suspected of killing a woman at a home in the Upper East Side in 2022.

Rafael Sanchez, 40, was featured this week on Crime Stoppers of El Paso's most-wanted fugitives list on a murder charge in the death of 51-year-old Marisela Veliz on July 26, 2022.

El Paso police spokeswoman Detective Judy Oviedo confirmed that Sanchez is wanted in connection with the Veliz homicide.

In July, Sanchez was named in the 119-page list of individuals with active criminal warrants publicized by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office to urge them to surrender prior to a large-scale warrant roundup .

Woman found dead in El Paso home

On the afternoon of July 26, 2022, Veliz was found dead after she was reported missing and police went to check o

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