Elizabeth Barraza was 29 when she was gunned down in her driveway in Tomball, Texas, while setting up for a garage sale. The murder was so calculated and shocking, police were certain they'd catch her killer within hours. But years later, the case is still unsolved. And her family’s hoping that someone can help bring them the justice they've been desperately seeking. If you know anything about the murder of Elizabeth Barraza, please call Houston Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. There’s a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect. The money can be collected anonymously. You can also contact the Harris County Sheriff's Office at 713-274-9100. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit: crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-elizabeth-barraza/Did you know you can listen to this episode ad-free? Join the Fan Club! Visit crimejunkie.app/library/ to view the current membership options and policies. Don’t miss out on all things Crime Junkie!Instagram: @crimejunkiepodcast | @audiochuckTwitter: @CrimeJunkiePod | @audiochuckTikTok: @crimejunkiepodcastFacebook: /CrimeJunkiePodcast | /audiochuckllcCrime Junkie is hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat. Instagram: @ashleyflowers | @britprawatTwitter: @Ash_Flowers | @britprawatTikTok: @ashleyflowerscrimejunkieFacebook: /AshleyFlowers.AF Text Ashley at 317-733-7485 to talk all things true crime, get behind the scenes updates, and more!
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Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers.
And I'm Britt.
And the story I have for you, it is about the baffling murder of a young woman. It is the kind of case where, like, everything feels like it's going to fall into place at first with all of the pieces that they have. They literally have the murder on film. So investigators are super confident that they're going to catch their killer within hours. But six years have gone by and it is still unsolved.
And Brett, like this is one where truly when I say I have no idea what happened, I have no idea what happened because there is no theory that makes complete sense. And Nina and I, she's the reporter that worked on this. We were in my office, I mean, going round and round and round for literally like an hour talking about theories and feelings.
And we were just losing our minds because we're trying to get the pieces to add up. But her family's hoping that someone, maybe somebody even listening or watching right now, can help bring them the justice that they have so desperately been seeking. This is the story of Elizabeth Barraza.
It's around 720 on the morning of Friday, January 25th, 2019, when Bob and Rosemary Nellie wake up to their phones buzzing. And it's a notification from the alarm system on their daughter's home. Now, they know Elizabeth, Liz, as everyone calls her, is holding a garage sale that day.
So at first they think that she might have just accidentally set it off while she's like going in and out of the house or whatever. But when they call her to check, she doesn't answer the phone. And things get even more unsettling when the alarm company contacts them directly because they tried calling Liz and they can't get a hold of her either.
So Rosemary gives them the go ahead to notify police and she and Bob throw on some clothes, jump in the car and head straight to Liz's home in Tomball, Texas, which is like 15 minutes away. Bob told our reporter, Nina, that a lot of that morning is just a blur for him at this point. But he does remember speaking to their daughter's husband, Sergio Barraza, on the drive over.
Now, Sergio's not home. As a crew chief for his father's flooring company, he'd already left for the day. But he tells them that he also got the alarm alert. And when he checked their Nest doorbell camera, like the live feed for it, He saw police tape and cops, like, in the background.
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