Trial Set for 2nd Man Accused in Palmview Woman's Death
PALMVIEW – A trial date is set for the second man accused of a killing a 52-year-old woman in Palmview.
Cristobal Cachin is charged with capital murder.
The 27-year-old is accused of killing 52-year-old Elvira Vital Martinez.
In 2015, Martinez was found beaten and stabbed outside of her Palmview home by friends from her church.
Cachin will head to trial Aug. 21.
Seventeen-year-old Eduardo Castro Lopez is also charged with killing Martinez. Investigators said Lopez told authorities he stole $90 from her home.