Bishop PD Makes Arrest in Child Death Investigation
Bishop Police Department
BISHOP (News Release) - Earlier last week, the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death of two (2) year old Elias Albiar a Homicide.
This afternoon criminal investigators from Bishop PD and Texas DPS Rangers obtained an arrest warrant for Murder on the father of the victim in this case, identified as 39-year-old Eleazar Omar Perez.
39-year-old Eleazar Omar Perez
Shortly after 5pm on Friday, July 21, 2023, Perez was located at a residence in the 400 block of W 3rd Street in Bishop, Texas and was arrested without incident by Bishop PD Shift I patrol officers.
Perez was later transported to the Nueces County Jail, where he remains on an $800,000 bond.
This case is still an active criminal investigation and additional arrests, or criminal charges are possible.
If you have any information on this case, please contact Bishop Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 361-584-2443.
