HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The adult grandson of an 82-year-old woman who was found stabbed in the Spring Branch area faces a murder charge in her death.
The Houston Police Department said 36-year-old Oscar Garcia was arrested after his grandmother, Flora Romero, was found with multiple stab wounds Wednesday morning.
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Officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the 6500 block of Corbin Street, near Silber Road, at about 9:25 a.m.
Emergency workers transported a wounded Romero from a home to Memorial Hermann in the Texas Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
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Police said Garcia was detained at the scene and later charged in his grandmother's death.
Police did not immediately give details on how investigators tied Garcia to the deadly stabbing.