Mother, daughter dead in apparent murder-suicide on South Side

Mother, daughter dead in apparent murder-suicide on South Side

SAN ANTONIO - A woman is dead after killing her daughter in the back seat of a vehicle in a possible murder-suicide on Tuesday.

The two bodies were found on the South Side of San Antonio when a man came home from work just before 5:30 p.m. and found her daughter dead in the back seat of a vehicle.

Investigators said that Aurelia Alvarado, 8, was strangled to death and Leticia Marie Pecina, 44, died from a stab wound to her chest. Police believe this to be a murder-suicide, but the investigation is ongoing.

No motive was released for the deadly incident.

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