A homicide suspect accused of strangling a Georgia mom of 5 in a random assault final week is a Honduran unlawful immigrant who was caught and launched on the southern border by the Biden administration in March 2021, Fox Information has discovered.
David Hector Rivas-Sagastume, 21, has additionally been the topic of a deportation order since July 2023, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stated.
Rivas-Sagastume is charged with capital homicide within the demise of Camilla Williams, a 52-year-old mom of 5 and grandmother. Her physique was discovered dumped in a wooded space, authorities stated.
Williams’ household instructed native media retailers that she stated a person had been following her within the days earlier than she was killed. Authorities haven’t decided the suspect’s connection to Williams.
An arrest warrant states that Rivas-Sagastume assaulted Williams of Marietta, inserting her in a chokehold, inflicting her to lose consciousness someday between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. on March 12, Fox Atlanta reported.
As soon as unconscious, Rivas-Sagastume allegedly instructed police he put each knees and his full physique weight on her neck, resulting in her demise.
The Division of Homeland Safety instructed Fox Information that Rivas-Sagastume entered the USA illegally on March 17, 2021, and was arrested by the US Border Patrol.
“He was issued a discover to seem and paroled into the nation by the earlier administration,” the assertion stated. “A decide ordered him eliminated on July 11, 2023. On March 18, 2025, he was arrested by the Cobb County Police Division for capital homicide and different crimes.”
“ICE has lodged an immigration detainer with the Cobb County Jail. President Trump and Secretary Noem is not going to enable felony unlawful aliens—together with accused murderers—to be free on America’s streets.”
Rivas-Sagastume is being held on no bond, in line with jail data.
Williams’ killing has drawn parallels to the homicide of Laken Riley, who was additionally murdered in Georgia by an unlawful immigrant who was caught and launched by border authorities.
He was later convicted of Riley’s homicide.
Riley’s physique was additionally left within the woods.
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