A Texas teenager whose shot and burned body was identified a week after she went missing back in March was murdered because of her father's cocaine smuggling connections, police believe.
Cops think father Cesar Coronado, who was also shot multiple times and burned, worked with suspect Jose Solis Jr smuggling large amounts of cocaine from Laredo, Mexico, to Houston.
But after police seized a bus filled with 16kg of cocaine and Coronado was busted carrying $48,000 across the border, Solis became suspicious and may have carried out the killings, investigators say.
Officers have also revealed that Adriana, 14, was likely sexually assaulted by her kidnapper before witnessing her father's killing, and was then murdered herself.
The new details were uncovered by
ABC 13 in an affidavit for a search warrant on Solis's home in Montgomery County that has now been unsealed.
The papers show that, after the murders, police found bloody shoe and footprints during a search of Coronado's home, alongside a federal subpoena earlier given to Solis.
Detectives believe Solis may have been sending his alleged business partner an 'unknown message.'
Meanwhile during a previous search of Solis's home, officers found guns, drugs, and large amounts of cash, but would not say if they found evidence directly linking Solis to the murders.
Solis is currently being held as a person of interest in connection with the murders.
Images from the search of his home also showed a young child being led away from the property during the late-night raid, though it is not clear what the youngster was doing there.
Coronado and his daughter were last seen on March 12 at around 1am in the suburb of Katy, hours after the teen called her mother to say she was doing OK and planned to have friends round the following day.
However, when those friends arrived they found that Adriana was not at home before a search was launched for the pair.
Coronado's burned remains, which had multiple bullet wounds, were found the next day on an isolated rural property more than 100 miles from where he was last seen.
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However, it took officers three more days to identify her by her fingerprints because of the condition of the body.
Officers then released footage of a man running away from the area where Coronado's burning pickup truck was found in Conroe, saying they wanted to speak with him in connection with the killings. Detectives now believe that man was Solis.
Police have also revealed that the same gun was used to kill both Adriana and her father, but have not said whether they have found that weapon.
