Raul Meza Jr., 62, confessed to murdering his roommate, Jess Fraga, 80, and implicated himself in the murder of Gloria Lofton, 66, in 2019, just three years after being released on parole from the Travis County Jail.
The Pflugerville Police Department said that investigators identified Meza as a person of interest.
On May 24, Meza called the Austin Police Department 311 line and was transferred to the homicide line, police said. Meza told an officer that he killed his roommate, Fraga, and implicated himself in the murder of Lofton in 2019, said Nathan Sexton, a sergeant with the Austin Police Department Homicide Unit. Police said it is uncommon for a person accused of such crimes to contact the police.
According to the APD, they are looking into eight to 10 more cold cases that Meza have been involved in. Maza is currently detained at the Travis County. At the time of his arrest, he told APD offi cers that that he was ready and prepared to kill again. Meza has a prior conviction for a murder in Travis County in 1982.
Here’s a serial killer that justice was not served. It was a travesty of justice,” said Interim Assistant City Manager Bruce Mills, who was also the primary investigator on the 1982 case where Meza was convicted of murdering 8-year-old Kendra Page.
“We don’t know how many more people he killed or would have killed,” Mills said.