SEGUIN, Texas — A suspicious death is being investigated as a homicide in Seguin. Police are asking for your help to solve their first killing in more than a year.
Police Chief Terry Nichols said the victim was found inside his car at the Stagecoach Apartments on Saturday, Jan 23. According to the medical examiner, 43-year-old Sam Flores Wallace Jr. was stabbed several times in the neck.
"He was killed in the backseat of a vehicle he often slept in," Nichols said.
The chief said this is a rare occurrence in the city. Their last homicide was in 2019.
"This is a tragic way to start the year and that's why we really want to bring justice to the family and to Mr. Wallace," Nichols said.
William Wallace, 19, said he hasn't seen his father in a while.
"We just kind of went our separate ways I would say," William said.
The last time they spoke was over the phone earlier this month, but William has fond memories of their time together.
"He was a very great person. I would love the times where we would go finishing in Seguin at the golf course," William said. "I do miss him. He did not deserve this at all."
Nichols said the victim had an apartment at the complex that he shared with other people. At times, he would stay in his car. Police think he was killed sometime between Friday morning and Saturday afternoon.
"We strongly believe other residents in the apartment complex know who committed this brutal attack," Nichols said.
Investigators believe that Wallace knew his attacker(s).
Nichols said Wallace had a history of mental illness and was treated for self-harm earlier in the month. However, they treated this case as a homicide from the beginning and an autopsy confirmed his cause of death as a homicide.
Anyone with information on Wallace's murder is asked to call the Guadalupe County Crime Stoppers at 877-403-8477 (cash reward is available) or the Seguin Police Department at (830)-379-2123.