Manhunt For Texas Murder Suspect Trevor Mceuen Enrages Officials Demanding Stricter Bail: ‘they Will Walk'

A Texas territory lawyer is calling for stricter bail amid a manhunt for a execution fishy who allegedly cut disconnected his ankle show and fled earlier his proceedings was scheduled to statesman connected Monday.

Kaufman County authorities person been searching for Trevor McEuen, who allegedly admitted to shooting and sidesplitting his neighbor, equine trainer Aaron Martinez, successful 2023, since early this week.

"As our organization continues to await nan apprehension of Trevor McEuen, nan individual indicted for nan superior execution of Mr. Martinez, Kaufman County District Attorney Erleigh Wiley expresses her beardown support for Governor Abbott's projected bail betterment legislation," nan Kaufman County DA's agency said successful a Tuesday property release. "This authorities seeks a law amendment that would empower judges to contradict enslaved to individuals charged pinch convulsive offenses, including superior murder."

The DA's agency further noted that a tribunal imposed a $2 cardinal enslaved for McEuen aft his arrest, "along pinch nan strictest imaginable conditions, including electrical monitoring and location arrest."

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Texas constabulary are hunting for execution fishy Trevor McEuen. Officials opportunity he removed his ankle show and grounded to get for a tribunal quality Monday morning. (Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office)

"Whether nan enslaved is $2 million, $5 million, aliases much — if a suspect tin station it, they will locomotion free," Wiley said successful a statement.

Gov. Greg Abbott's agency said successful a statement Wednesday that he held a roundtable astatine nan Texas Public Policy Foundation "to request legislators hole Texas' deadly and surgery bail strategy to guarantee vulnerable criminals are kept down bars."

Abbott is pushing authorities that would:

• Require judges to automatically contradict bail for convulsive crimes, including murder, rape, and quality trafficking, unless location is clear and convincing grounds that nan suspect will look successful tribunal and not endanger nan community.
• Require judges who merchandise convulsive criminals connected easy bail to explicate their decisions to nan nationalist successful writing.
• Allow prosecutors to person nan correct to entreaty a judge’s questionable enslaved decisions.

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In nan hunt for McEuen, section authorities person requested that anyone alert of suspicious activity successful nan area interaction 911, though they urged residents not to effort to apprehend him.

Aaron Martinez owned a ranch successful Texas wherever he trained horses. (Facebook)

McEuen faces charges of superior murder, 4 counts of aggravated battle pinch a deadly weapon, and execution aft he allegedly changeable 35-year-old Martinez successful May 2023. Martinez was recovered dormant from gunshot wounds wrong a motortruck parked extracurricular his location astatine nan time.

Police observed McEuen driving distant from nan location and followed him until he came to a stop. He past refused to exit nan vehicle, engaging successful a standoff pinch constabulary until a SWAT squad took him into custody 2 years ago, according to Fox 4.

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Former Texas Rep. Mayra Flores said successful a Facebook station pursuing Martinez's decease that she met his family astatine an arena adjacent Kaufman County.

Martinez's obituary states that his "biggest accomplishments were owning his ain business, becoming a U.S. Citizen, building his dream ranch, giving backmost to nan organization but astir of each his beloved Children."

"They exemplified nan American Dream and had started a equine training ranch."

"The Martinez family is seeking justness aft Aaron Martinez was killed by his neighbor, Trevor McEuen," she said. "The family is demanding Trevor McEuen beryllium charged pinch a dislike crime."

Aaron Martinez's obituary states that his "biggest accomplishments were owning his ain business, becoming a U.S. Citizen, building his dream ranch, giving backmost to nan organization but astir of each his beloved Children." (Facebook)

Authorities are offering a $10,000 reward for accusation starring to nan suspect's whereabouts. Tipsters tin interaction nan Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office astatine 469-376-4500 aliases stock anonymous accusation by calling Kaufman County Crime Stoppers astatine 1-877-847-7522. 

"Justice for nan Martinez family will come," Wiley said. "In nan meantime, we inquire nan nationalist to enactment alert and thief america guarantee nan information of our community."

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"If seen do not attack him—report immoderate sightings to authorities immediately," nan sheriff's agency said Monday.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to nan Kaufman County Sheriff's Office for an update connected nan hunt for McEuen.

Fox News' Anders Hagstorm contributed to this story.