Su-Jung Teng, 79, and suspect, Cavalas Prater
Suspect arrested in fatal stabbing of Sharpstown woman
HOUSTON – Houston police say they have identified the man who killed an elderly woman at her Sharpstown home last week.
Cavalas Prater, 35, was taken into custody over the weekend for assault on a family member. During a police investigation, officers were able to connect the man to the murder of Su-Jung Teng, 79.
Police said it was around 5:30 p.m. on April 29 when the suspect went into a backyard in the 7800 block of Hiawatha and attacked the victim, who was gardening.
The victim's husband heard the attack and ran outside to try and fight the suspect, but the man fatally stabbed Su-Jung. The suspect then fled the scene.
The husband was not hurt.
Prater now faces a capital murder charge, court records show.
Records show Prater has previous arrests for trespassing and possession of marijuana.
HOUSTON – An elderly woman tending to her garden was stabbed to death in Sharpstown Wednesday night. Her husband was attacked when he tried to help her.
It happened around 5:30 p.m. in the 7800 block of Hiawatha not far from Bellaire and Fondren.
The victim, identified as 79-year-old Su-Jung Teng, was in her backyard when her husband heard her screaming. He ran outside to find a man choking his wife.
The husband tried to fight off the suspect with a golf club, but the man dragged the woman into the home where he fatally stabbed her with a pair of scissors, officers at the scene said.
The suspect then fled the residence through the backyard.
A detailed description of the suspect has not been released, and a motive for the crime is still under investigation. Police at the scene initially believed it was a possible robbery.
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