Suspect on run after woman's death in SE Houston

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A man is on the run after he was accused in the strangulation death of a 22-year-old woman almost two years ago in southeast Houston.

Carlos Torres, 27, is charged with murder in the death of Eleivia Vigil whose body was found about 4 p.m. June 22, 2014, in her apartment at 5100 Chennault, according to the Houston Police Department.

Police said Vigil had been been out at various bars the night before and returned to her home about 2 a.m. He family tried to wake her up later in the morning but her bedroom door was locked. When they knocked on her door later and she still did not respond, they looked through her bedroom window and saw her inside the room on her bed. She was dead.

The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences determined she had been strangled.

Police later identified Torres as the suspect in this case. He was arrested on Dec. 10, 2014.

While out on bond, Torres removed his court-ordered ankle monitor and his whereabouts are now unknown.He was last heard from on Feb. 14. Torres, who is considered armed and dangerous, is believed to have fled in his 2003 gold Nissan Xterra with Texas license plates BT8J480.

Police did not release information about what investigators to Torres in the case.

Anyone with information on Torres' whereabouts is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713 308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713 222-TIPS.