Staff report
Authorities from the U.S. marshals Tuesday arrested a man they believe is tied to the murder of a University of North Texas student from Martindale on New Year’s Day.
According to a report from the Dallas Morning News, Denton Police announced the arrest of Eric Jamal Johnson in Yuma, AZ. Johnson was arrested by federal authorities on a murder charge stemming from a road-rage incident in Denton that killed Sara Mutschlechner, 20, of Martindale, who died after being shot in the head.
Mutschlechner, according to witnesses, was serving as a designated driver for her friends on New Year’s Eve in Denton when another vehicle exchanged words with them in traffic. That vehicle, according to the report, was described as a dark colored Toyota or Lexus SUV.
It was when the two vehicles drove on that someone in the SUV fired multiple shots at Mutschlechner’s car. Her vehicle struck another car before crashing into a pole.
