{"id":13154,"date":"2012-07-17T13:31:47","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T17:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=13154"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:31:47","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T17:31:47","slug":"new-sketch-released-in-shooting-of-teen-lesbian-couple-in-south-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2012\/07\/new-sketch-released-in-shooting-of-teen-lesbian-couple-in-south-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"New sketch released in shooting of teen lesbian couple in south Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Texas Rangers released a refined artist sketch of the suspect in the shootings of Mollie Olgin and Mary Kristene Chapa on June 22 in a park in Portland, Texas.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas rangers have released a new sketch of the man suspected of shooting a young woman in the head and murdering her girlfriend while the two were on a date in a public park last month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Kristene Chapa, 18, who survived the attack, used sign language and writing to communicate with a forensic sketch artist to update the drawing of the man she thinks shot her and her girlfriend, Mollie Olgin, 19, on June 22.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapa regained consciousness just days after the attack and was able to provide an initial description of her attacker on July 4, according to local station KIII television.<\/span><\/p>\n

A second drawing was released on Saturday, after Chapa said she wanted to revisit it with the artist, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It is unusual to go back and refine a suspect drawing,” Portland Police Chief Randy Wright told KIII. “But in this case, our eyewitness sustained a brain injury that initially affected her ability to communicate effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The good news is she has made exceptional progress. Her sight and speech have improved and she can now interact with the artist much better,” Wright said.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the night they were shot, Chapa, of Sinton, and Olgin, a student Texas A&M Corpus Christi, had plans to go to a movie but stopped off at Violet Andrews Park in Portland, a small Gulf Coast town near Corpus Christi.<\/span><\/p>\n

A hiker found their bodies the next morning in some marshy grasses beneath a scenic overlook.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mary Kristene Chapa, left, kisses Mollie Olgin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Olgin was dead. Chapa was rushed to a local hospital, where family members said the damage to her face was so bad that they didn’t recognize her.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her brother, Hilario Chapa, instead had to check her hands and feet in order to determine that the victim was his sister, MSNBC.com reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bullet casings from a large-caliber gun were found at the scene, and witnesses at the park reported hearing what could have been gunshots shortly before midnight.<\/span><\/p>\n

The witnesses didn’t report the sounds because they thought they could have been firecrackers, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the aftermath of the shooting, there was speculation that the two were targeted because they were gay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wright has said there was no evidence to support those claims, and the shooting was not being investigated as a hate crime.<\/span><\/p>\n

The shooter was described as a white male in his 20s, 5 foot 8 inches, 140 pounds with brown hair and a scruffy beard.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sketch released on Saturday shows him with longer hair and different facial features than the drawing released on July 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI joined the investigation, and Wright said Chapa was working with investigators to create a timeline of the crime.<\/span><\/p>\n

“She wants very badly to help us identify Mollie’s murderer,” Wright said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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