LUBBOCK, Texas — Officers arrested a man Thursday night for murder related to the finding a woman’s body in Lubbock County Tuesday morning. Isaiah Sanchez, 24, was arrested in Lubbock and charged with the murder of Monica Lumbrera, 40.
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Sanchez was arrested by officers from multiple agencies, including the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team, in the 2100 Block of 4th Street
The following is a statement from the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office:
At approximately 6:05 am on December 20, 2022, Lubbock County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to CR 7700 and CR 2300 to what initially was reported as a vehicle collision with a pedestrian.
Upon arrival, deputies located a female laying in the roadway deceased, later identified as 40-year-old Monica Lumbrera.
Through the premilitary investigation it appeared the female had been laying in the roadway before being struck by the vehicle.
24-year-old, Isaiah Sanchez DOB xx/xx/98 was taken into custody December 22, 2022 at approximately 9:20pm in the 2100 Block of 4th Street by the Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit, Lubbock Texas Anti-Gang Unit, and the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office SWAT, for the murder of 40-year-old Monica Lumbrera.
Sanchez, was transported to the Lubbock County Detention Center charged with Murder.
