Man arrested in connection with body found in drainage ditch expected in court

Walter Alfaro arrested Sunday in Fort Bend County

Officials made an arrest Sunday, four days after a body was found in a drainage ditch in Katy.

The body of Omar Borrego-Casanova, 31, was found in a bayou around 7:15 a.m. Wednesday in the Bear Creek Meadows. Deputies said he appeared to have been beaten and robbed before being left for dead.

Walter "Alex" Alfaro was arrested Sunday in Fort Bend County and charged with murder in the beating death of Borrego-Casanova.

Alfaro wasn't answering the door to his Richmond home on Sunday evening, but the circular hole where cops used a battering ram to open the front door was still there.

Casanova's body was discovered lying along the banks of a bayou close to where his belongings were scattered about.

Casanova had recently come to the area from Cuba and was hoping to build a life for himself, his girlfriend and his baby daughter.

"It's kind of disturbing because you know we have kids that play here every day, and to know that somebody out there was willing to commit this type of crime in this area, it's disturbing," Christopher Rivers, who lives in the same neighborhood as the accused killer, said.

Fort Bend County sheriff's deputies arrested Alfaro for murder around 11 a.m. Sunday, but by 4:30 p.m. the same day Alfaro was already free on $50,000 bond.

In the Richmond neighborhood where Alfaro was taken into custody, residents expressed thanks that the accused killer has been caught, but were shocked that a man accused of such a merciless crime had been living so close to them.

"It just goes to show you that it is happening everywhere. You just need to be careful especially when it comes to your kids. But I'm glad they got him," James Autry said.

Alfaro is expected in court Wednesday morning.


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