Elgin PD names suspect in June 30 murder

ELGIN — Officials have charged a 33-year-old man with first-degree murder in the death of a woman whose body was discovered during a welfare check last month.

According to the Elgin Police Department, Christopher Vargas is being held without bond on unrelated charges in the Hays County Jail in San Marcos.

He awaits extradition to the Bastrop County Jail in Bastrop in connection with the homicide case, officers said.

The body of Sonya Martinez Guerra, 55, at 108-A Anderson Drive was found at 12:44 p.m. June 30 when police, the Elgin Fire Department and paramedics responded to a welfare check, according to a city news release.

"Guerra sustained obvious trauma to her body,” the release noted.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to contact Detective Dylan Judd at 512-285-5757 or [email protected].