Austin Man Murders Daughter's Girlfriend and Mother

An Austin, Texas man, reportedly distraught over his daughter’s lesbian relationship, was arrested Tuesday for killing his daughter’s girlfriend and the girlfriend’s mother.

Jose Alfonso Aviles, 45, has been charged with capital murder and was arrested early Tuesday morning in Bexar County by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force,  Lt. Gena Curtis told The Austin Statesman.

Aviles lives in Austin, but was found in San Antonio, police said. Aviles’ daughter had been dating 24-year-old Norma Hurtado for several months, which was the source of feuding between the Aviles and Hurtado families, Curtis said.

Aviles and another Hispanic man, who has not been identified, went to the Hurtado’s home at the 7100 block of Dixie Drive late Monday and knocked on the door, Curtis said.

Moments later, Aviles’ daughter, who was in the home with the Hurtados, heard gun shots and found that Hurtado and Hurtado’s mother, 57-year-old Maria Hurtado, had been shot, police said.

Police have not determined whether the murder will be considered a hate crime. CNBC Austin news reports that the police department says that this was an isolated incident and the people the neighborhood need not worry as it was not a random attack.

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