Criminal Law
17-Year-Old Charged with Murder After Mom’s Body Found in Trunk
A teenager from Texas has been charged with murder after troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol discovered a dead body in the trunk of the car he was driving last week.
Tyler Roenz, 17, was also charged with tampering with evidence “in the death and disappearance of his mother, 49 year-old Michelle Roenz,” tweeted Sheriff Ed Gonzalez of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office in Texas on Friday.
NPS troopers first apprehended the suspect on Oct. 13, after being alerted to a homicide investigation by authorities in Harris County. The sheriff’s office had informed NPS that a vehicle believed to be involved in the investigation — a black Mazda — was traveling through Nebraska.
