Dramiga went for a walk along the Salado Creek trail in September 2024. She was later found dead, in an area that had been burned.
SAN ANTONIO — The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office says it has made an arrest in connection to the 2024 killing of a 63-year-old woman as she walked along the Salado Greenway trail.
On Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, Stacey Dramiga vanished from an east-side trail while on a regular run. Dramiga’s body was found the next day by park police along the Salado Creek Greenway Trail, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
What happened last year?
The investigation gained steam last year when the county medical examiner found Dramiga had been brutally attacked and suffered severe injuries to her head.
Her husband contacted authorities when she had not returned home last year, BCSO at the time said. Investigators attempted to ping her phone, but the area was too broad. A family iPad was used to further narrow the ping and her body was found a short time later in a wooded area off the main trail.
Bexar County authorities briefly arrested a man who tried evading authorities after being told he would be taken in for questioning; the sheriff’s office later said he provided details about Dramiga’s condition, but only a charge of evading arrest was filed against him.
Authorities at the time said it appeared that foul play was involved, sparking the search for potential murder suspects. But no additional arrests had been made for over a year, despite Crime Stoppers San Antonio offering a reward for credible tips leading to an arrest.
Sheriff Javier Salazar is expected to provide more information Wednesday afternoon.
This is a developing story.