Angie Mendez died after domestic dispute
Updated: Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 12:12 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 12:12 PM CDT
LOCKHART, Texas (KXAN) - Lockhart police charged one man with murder after a woman died from injuries in a weekend domestic dispute.
Angie Mendez, age 37, was pronounced dead on Monday according to Lockhart PD Captain John Roescher.
Michael Perez turned himself in to Lockhart Police and is in the Caldwell County jail.
Perez and Mendez were walking home from Lily's bar early Sunday morning when Perez shoved Mendez to the ground according to witnesses. Witnesses told police that Perez was angry that the two had missed their ride home.
Mendez went home, but her condition worsened. Ambulances were called to her home on Sunday afternoon and she was transported to Seton Kyle Hospital.
She was later taken by helicopter to Brackenridge Hospital.
Hospital personnel told police officers that Mendez's injuries appeared to be from an assault.
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