Brittany Rapoza found dead in Lake Arlington-TX/RandyWilson convicted/life

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http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/212263.html
ARLINGTON -- An autopsy has determined that a woman whose body was discovered in Lake Arlington last weekend was a homicide victim.

Police released new details Thursday about the unidentified woman in an attempt to find people who knew her.

The woman, believed to be Anglo or Hispanic, was 16 to 21 years old. She was 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall, with a medium to heavy build and medium-length brown hair.
 more links>>
http://arlingtontexan.blogspot.com/2007/08/womans-body-found-in-lake-arlington-had.html
http://www.arlingtonpd.org/MediaRelease/view.aspx?ReleaseID=214

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http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/212263.html
ARLINGTON -- An autopsy has determined that a woman whose body was discovered in Lake Arlington last weekend was a homicide victim.

Police released new details Thursday about the unidentified woman in an attempt to find people who knew her.

The woman, believed to be Anglo or Hispanic, was 16 to 21 years old. She was 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall, with a medium to heavy build and medium-length brown hair.
 more links>>
http://arlingtontexan.blogspot.com/2007/08/womans-body-found-in-lake-arlington-had.html
http://www.arlingtonpd.org/MediaRelease/view.aspx?ReleaseID=214

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Arrest Made In Connection With Woman's Body Found In Lake
Victim's Body Recovered From Lake Arlington Aug. 19

POSTED: 2:07 pm CDT October 12, 2007
UPDATED: 3:11 pm CDT October 12, 2007


FORT WORTH, Texas -- Arlington police have made an arrest in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found in Lake Arlington in August.

Shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, Randy Lee Wilson, 28, was arrested in connection with the death of 20-year-old Brittany Elizabeth Rapoza. Wilson was arrested on a murder warrant during a traffic stop in Fort Worth by the Arlington Fugitive Unit with assistance from Fort Worth police.

Wilson was arrested without incident and was transported to the Arlington Jail, where he is currently being held on $500,000 bail.
 

On Tuesday, Rapoza's body was identified using dental records. Witnesses and acquaintances of the suspect and victim also stepped forward and provided information to investigators, including threats made to witnesses by the suspect, police said.

The four witnesses who provided information to police provided valuable information consistent with the autopsy, with the crime scene, and with physical evidence Arlington police recovered. The information had not been released to the public or the news media. The witnesses identified the victim and suspect by name and photograph, officials said.

In the arrest warrant affidavit, Arlington Detective Jim Ford said that Wilson was forcing Rapoza to work as a prostitute for him. Witnesses told police Wilson had beaten Rapoza on several occasions for not making enough money and that he had threatened to kill her several times. According to one witness, "Randy Wilson stated that he took Brittany Rapoza to Lake Arlington at which time he stabbed her multiple times with a knife and she swam out into the water to get away and died in the water."

The Tarrant County medical examiner determined that Rapoza died from multiple stab wounds and had been dead for several days before her body was found in the lake.

Rapoza's death was ruled a homicide and while she remained unidentified, the cause of death was not released.




 

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WOW.....thanks for the update mum.

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Brittany Rapoza
The victim was located on August 18, 2007 in Lake Arlington, Arlington, Texas. Through facial reconstruction, officials confirmed the identity of 20-year-old Brittany Rapoza.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/identified.html

photo of Brittany

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$10,000 given for help in solving death

A North Texas resident will receive a $10,000 check today for providing information that helped solve the slaying of a 20-year-old woman whose body was found floating in Lake Arlington, police said.

A fisherman found the decomposing body of Brittany Rapoza near McCray Park on Aug. 19, 2007. She had died from multiple stab wounds and was not immediately identified, Arlington police said.

A tipster, whose name was not released, contacted authorities about two months later and helped identify the woman and provide information that led to the arrest of Randy Wilson, who was later sentenced to life in prison.

The money comes from the Schepps Dairy reward program, which was established by the company's founder after the murder of an employee, the company said.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/crime/stories/021709dnmetregionalroundup.4c400f7.html