Staff Report
NewsWest 9
NewsWest 9
A homicide investigation is underway in Fort Stockton. Officials say the circumstances surrounding a woman's death are a mystery.
The Pecos County Sheriff's Office tells NewsWest 9 that on April 17th, 33-year-old Jennifer Lynn Christian was taken by EMS to the Fort Stockton Hospital after a suspected drug overdose.
She was transported to an Odessa hospital where she died last Monday.
Her boyfriend, 45-year-old Patrick De La Cruz Moreno turned himself in to Odessa Police saying he thought he killed his girlfriend.
A preliminary autopsy report says Christian died from a blow to the head.
Moreno is charged with aggravated assault and is behind bars at the Pecos County jail.
