Search for missing man leads to body wrapped in plastic at couple’s home, Texas cops say
UPDATED: A Texas man is accused of killing another man who was having an affair with his wife, and the couple worked together to hide the body, news outlets report.
On Aug. 12, deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office found the body of 32-year-old Francisco Romero wrapped in plastic in a building on property belonging to Narciso Banos, 49, and his wife, Francisca Carrizales, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a news release. Deputies went to the property after a relative reported him missing.
Banos discovered Romero was having an affair with his wife and he repeatedly hit him with a firearm, according to court documents obtained by KRIV.
Banos also restrained Romero with a belt and strap and fed him SlimFast through a straw, KTRK reported. However, Romero died while Banos and his wife went to run errands, and they wrapped his body in plastic, the station said.
Deputies arrested a husband and wife after a dead body was found wrapped in plastic at their Texas home, authorities say.
On the evening of Aug. 12, deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office went to a home in Tomball — a suburb of Houston — to carry out a welfare check, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in an Aug. 13 news release.
The welfare check came after a family member reported 32-year-old Francisco Romero missing, the release said. The Tomball home was his last known location.
Deputies searched the property and found “what appeared to be a human body, wrapped in plastic, secured with tape” inside a detached building, the release said.
The couple who owns the property, 49-year-old Narciso Banos and his wife Francisca Carrizales, were placed under arrest and booked into the Harris County Jail, according to the release.
Banos was charged with murder and Carrizales is facing a charge of tampering with a human corpse, the release said.
Gonzalez did not say if the body is Romero’s.
Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office at 713-274-9100.
Tomball is roughly 30 miles northwest of downtown Houston.
This story was originally published August 13, 2023 at 8:54 AM with the headline "Search for missing man leads to body wrapped in plastic at couple’s home, Texas cops say."