Packed suitcases were found during the arrests of two illegal aliens charged in the death of an Air Force cadet candidate over the weekend.
Over Memorial Day weekend, 18-year-old Ava Moore was killed while kayaking on Lake Grapevine in Texas after she was hit by a jet ski.
The suspected driver of the jet ski and a man who allegedly helped her flee, both illegal aliens from Venezuela, were arrested in Dallas Tuesday.
Daikerlyn Alejandraa Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 22, was charged with second-degree manslaughter, a felony.
Ava Moore’s official U.S. Air Force headshot. (U.S. Air Force via Instagram)
During a news conference on Wednesday, Joshua Johnson, who is currently the acting field director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Emergency Removal Operations in Dallas, officially stated that the two individuals were unlawfully in the United States.
“To my knowledge, both individuals crossed the southern border in either 2023 or 2024,” Johnson explained. “They were apprehended upon entry, given a notice to appear, and subsequently released on their own recognizance.”
He said ICE filed detainers for the suspects, and they will be processed for removal after criminal proceedings are concluded in Texas.
Police arrested Daikerlyn Alejandraa Gonzalez-Gonzalez in a fatal jet ski hit-and-run. (Grapevine Police Department)
Moore was fondly remembered as an exceptional basketball player with aspirations to become a four-star general in the military, as shared by her coach from the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado.
“You know, we talked throughout the course of the year that, at some point in her career, she was going to be a four-star general because she loved it,” Ke’sha Blanton told FOX 4. “She made those around her better.
“They took a bright, bright star from our lives.”
Moore was scheduled to begin as an Air Force cadet in the upcoming weeks and was part of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Class of 2029, the school confirmed.
