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Graciela Torres

Case from Houston, TX dated Jan 17, 2019

Victim Details

Graciela Torres

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Houston

TX

2019-01-17

66

Graciela

Torres

07/09/2026

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Graciela Torres, a 66-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost her life on January 17, 2019, in Cypress, Texas, near Houston. She was fatally shot by her estranged husband, Arthur Edigin, outside the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church on Huffmeister Road. The incident occurred just after 7 p.m. when Edigin opened fire on Torres and their daughter, Penny Grace Edigin Zapata, who was also injured in the shooting.

The motive behind the shooting was reportedly linked to a dispu ...
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  • KPRC: Victims in deadly Catholic church shooting identified
  • Houston Chronicle: Gunman kills estranged wife, wounds daughter in Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church parking lot
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