On January 1, just a few hours after midnight, Austin school teacher and music mentor Esme Barrera was tragically murdered in her home just a few blocks north of the UT campus. That same night, another woman was attacked on the same street, and yet another woman was attacked in her home just a few blocks away. All incidents have taken place in the vicinity of 31st and Guadalupe.
Police are looking for a man in connection with all three incidents. The official police sketch is to the right. One of the female victims described the man as muscular, between the ages of 30 and 40, who was about 6-feet tall and was wearing a gray hooded jacket with a dark T-shirt and blue jeans. Please take a look and pass the sketch around.
There has been an outpouring of grief over the loss of Esme, age 29, who worked with special needs students at Casis Elementary and was a mentor at Austin's amazing Girls Rock Camp program, where young women and girls learn to be empowered, self-assured rocker grrls. She was a good friend to several of our readers, and it's an incomprehensible tragedy that this young woman, described as such a bright light and creative soul, would meet such a tragic end.
There are many benefit shows planned to help the Barrera family afford funeral costs. All look to be pretty awesome shows in honor of the late rock fan, so please consider checking them out.
For more about Esme, see below.
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