After a renewed investigation by Hondo PD, two people were indicted by a Medina County grand jury.
HONDO, Texas — Two people have been indicted in connection with a child death investigation that began over a decade ago in Hondo.
On June 30, 2013, officers were called to an apartment complex in the 200 block of Stagecoach Drive around 3:13 p.m. for a 17-month-old child who was not breathing, Hondo PD said in a release. The toddler, identified as Adrian Constante, died after being taken to a local hospital.
In September 2024, items associated with the case were identified during a “routine evidence inventory conducted by an evidence technician,” according to Hondo police.
“As the department continues working toward Texas Police Chiefs Association Law Enforcement Accreditation, several policy and procedural improvements have been implemented related to evidence management and investigative review,” police say.
Those improvements, Hondo PD said in the release, renewed examination of the case and prompted detectives to follow up on new leads. Two people – 34-year-old Marissa Lopez and 30-year-old Isaac Nira – were eventually identified as suspects and indicted by a Medina County grand jury on child injury charges.
Nira is currently incarcerated in a state prison on unrelated charges. Lopez was arrested Friday and booked into the Medina County Jail.
Hondo police did not provide more details on the evidence that led them to these suspects and the breakthrough in their decadelong investigation.