Mexico to extradite man accused of killing college student

Mexico to extradite man accused of killing college student
The Associated Press 5/7/08

DALLAS -- Mexico has agreed to extradite a man accused of killing a Dallas-area college student whose burned body was found behind a suburban office complex, officials said.

Ernesto Reyes of Denton will not face the death penalty as a condition of his extradition from Mexico, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office said in Wednesday's editions of The Dallas Morning News. He will probably be in Dallas by the end of the month, officials said.

Melanie Goodwin, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of North Texas, suffered several blunt-force injuries. The Arlington teenager's body was set on fire and found behind an office building in Carrollton in September.

Reyes was arrested by U.S. marshals in October as he left a relative's home about 200 miles north of Mexico City. Since his indictment on a capital murder charge, the U.S. Department of Justice has been working with Mexican officials on an extradition agreement.

A friend of Reyes was charged with tampering with evidence in the case.

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