Dr. Kendra Hatcher
Brenda Delgado
Crystal Cortes
Woman arrested in Dallas dentist murder case
By Walt Zwirko
WFFA News
Dallas police have arrested a 22-year-old woman who, detectives say, has admitted to her involvement in the Wednesday night murder of Dr. Kendra Hatcher.
The suspect, identified in a police statement as Crystal Cortes of Dallas, is charged with capital murder and is being held on $500,000 bond. (The suspect's last name is spelled "Cortez" in police documents, but a family member told WFAA her legal surname is spelled "Cortes.")
Police said Cortes has provided information that indicated other suspects were involved in the slaying in the secure parking garage of an Uptown Dallas apartment building.
According to a police affidavit, Cortes borrowed a 1996 Jeep Cherokee from a friend. The defendant told detectives that she "conspired with an unnamed individual for $500" to use that vehicle to drive an unknown male suspect to the parking garage at 1700 Cedar Springs Road on Wednesday night with the intention of robbing Hatcher.
Security footage released by police showed a 1996 Jeep Cherokee being driven by a woman in the garage at the time of the homicide.
Police said a witness provided information that led them to Cortes, and that she "voluntarily" went to police headquarters and admitted to her role in the crime.
Police have not released information about any additional suspects being sought in the Kendra Hatcher murder case.
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