SAN MARCOS, Texas — Editor's note: The above video was published in June 2019.
A 30-year-old Giddings man has been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison in connection with a 2019 crime at a San Marcos apartment complex.
Hays County District Attorney Kelly Higgins said Lapear Willrich was the second suspect to be convicted of capital murder in the case, which stemmed from a home invasion robbery at the Village on Telluride Apartments on June 5, 2019. During the crime, 23-year-old DeMarcus Trey Allen had been asleep in the living room and was shot and killed, Higgins said.
The incident was captured on home surveillance video, which allowed Sam Marcos police to identify Willrich and others involved in the crime. A second suspect convicted of capital murder in the case, 28-year-old Jon Jervis, was sentenced to life without parole in 2022.
At approximately 7:10 a.m. on June 5, 2019, officers were called to the 300 block of Telluride Street to a report of a "burglary of a habitation." A resident at the apartment complex reported finding a loose dog and followed the dog to an apartment.
Upon arriving at the apartment, the resident saw that the door was kicked in and contacted the police.
Officers arrived and found Allen dead from apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:40 a.m. by a justice of the peace.
Detectives were able to track down Willrich and Jervis after linking them to a white-colored Cadillac Deville that was seen in surveillance footage.