Niko Niko’s worker killed: Handful of motives for Emily Rodriguez-Avila’s murder as suspects experience full $3 million bond, authorities say

LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — As the investigation continues into the loss of life of a 16-yr-old woman, whose entire body was discovered additional than 50 miles from the place she was last viewed alive, authorities stated there are a couple of attainable motives powering her loss of life.

Kevin Rivera-Ortiz, 19 Joel Garcia-Martinez, 20 and Katherine Alvarez-Flores, 20, have been billed with murder in relationship with the death of Emily Rodriguez-Avila.

Alvarez-Flores, who is becoming held on a $1.5 million bond, was the first of the 3 to be arrested on Sept. 8 on a charge of tampering with or fabricating actual physical evidence. Court docket records clearly show she altered or destroyed a mobile cellphone with evidence on it.

Rivera-Ortiz, whom authorities recognized as Rodriguez-Avila’s ex-boyfriend, and Garcia-Martinez had been arrested Tuesday in Houston. Both equally had been provided a $1 million bond.

Numerous regulation enforcement organizations are now included in the case, including the Homeland Protection Gang-Device South and Houston police’s gang unit.

“There is indications that there might be some gang activity concerned in this. But, at this time, to validate it would be untimely, but it is an aspect they are searching into,” Liberty County Capt. Ken DeFoor mentioned.

He said there are motives that investigators are seeking into but did not want to release them at this time.

Rodriguez-Avila was recognized as the teen who was identified with a gunshot wound the early morning of Sept. 4 on the facet of County Street 3550, near County Highway 5708, on the north conclusion of Liberty County.

The 16-calendar year-outdated was final seen having into a friend’s automobile as she remaining Niko Niko’s cafe on I-10 and the Beltway the night time prior to. Resources claimed a relative normally picked her up from function, but she informed her relative that a buddy was finding her up on Saturday. That was the very last time anybody noticed her alive.

Rodriguez-Avila’s overall body was discovered the subsequent early morning wearing a hairnet, shirt, and blue cap with the organization name of “Niko’s” on them, the sheriff’s workplace at first claimed early in the investigation.

Employees at Niko Niko’s Greek and American Cafe in the vicinity of Beltway 8 verified with ABC13 previously this month that Rodriguez-Avila was a person of their employees. They declined to go on camera but claimed they ended up devastated by the news.

Regulation enforcement involved in the investigation plan to have a news convention this week to provide an update on the case. A day has not been established.

A GoFundMe has been set up to enable Rodriguez-Avila’s family members with charges.

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