Dallas, TX: Dallas police issue murder warrant for ex-husband of woman found in Trinity River

Dallas police are looking for the former common-law husband of a woman whose body was found in the Trinity River.
A murder warrant has been issued for Roger Santos Reyes, 39.
He’s suspected of killing Maritza Panameno, 34, a mother of three who was found dead late Sunday in the river near Interstate 20 and Dowdy Ferry Road.
She was last seen alive by friends and relatives at church on the night of Good Friday.
According to investigators, Reyes was upset that Panameno had ended their often-violent relationship.
He called a brother and a sister on Friday night to say he’d had a flat tire in southeastern Dallas and needed help, police said. In those calls, he mentioned that he’d done something very bad. He did not elaborate.
Relatives of Panameno who were looking for her Sunday went to the location from which Reyes had called about the flat tire. They spotted something wrapped in a tarp in a ravine along the Trinity channel. They called 911, and Dallas Fire-Rescue personnel recovered her body.
“She had been killed by homicidal violence,” said a Dallas police news release.
Neither Reyes nor his car has been located. Dallas police are working with the U.S. marshal’s office to find him.
Panameno was last seen alive late Friday leaving church service at Palmas De Jerico on Nursery Road in Irving.
Panameno, who worked on a custodial crew at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, was described by friends and family as a kind-hearted person.
“It’s sad. She was a good sister,” said Adrina Andrade, the victim’s 31-year-old sister.
They said she had been with Reyes for nine years. And they confirmed police assertions that there had been recent discord between the two of them.
Panameno’s youngest daughter said the couple was living in North Dallas and argued frequently. She said her mother had moved in with a friend three weeks ago, after a particularly intense argument with Reyes.
Friends said Panameno left church Friday night when she got a phone call from a friend.
Around 11 p.m., her sister received a text: “I’m OK. I’m with my friend. I’ll be there later.”