Michelle Roenz murder: Texas woman's son Tyler, 17, knocked out four of her teeth in ghastly attack
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HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS: A 17-year-old Texas teenager was arrested for homicide on October 14 after cops his mother's body in his car's trunk after the teenager allegedly gave the police a high-speed chase. Tyler Roenz was reportedly carrying the body of 49-year-old Michelle, whom police believed died in a brutal attack after police discovered four of her teeth inside her home.
The pair were initially reported missing from their home in Texas on October 13 after Roenz's father Manfred, came home to a bloody scene. He reportedly said that he entered the house through the garage and discovered a trail of blood and at least four more teeth between the garage and the bedroom, alongside the living room, read court documents obtained by The Daily Mail.
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Manfred told investigators after he entered his residence in the 14700 block of Birch Arbor Court in Humble, Texas, around noon and noticed his wife had left her keys, purs, and phone in her bedroom. He told the officer she never left the house without them. He called both his son and wife who did not respond and promptly called 911. Manfred used his wife's phone to track Roenz through app Life360, and found out that the teenager had deleted the app and turned off his phone.
Initial reports indicated that Michelle may have died from strangulation and blunt force trauma, according to ABC 13. Surveillance video revealed Michelle arriving home around 10.15 am, leaving the garage door open. A video also showed a black Mazda parked for roughly an hour before someone inside the home closes the door and around 11.45 am. Roenz reportedly used the same car to flee. Manfred filed a report of unauthorized motor vehicle use in Harris County, Texas.
Manfred also discovered the credit cards owned by Michelle had been used multiple times across state lines at three different gas station in six hours, one in Humble and Richardson in Texas, Atoka in Oklahoma and Chetopa in Kansas. After police received a tip on October 14, Nebraska police spotted Tyler's vehicle in traffic and chased him. After traveling about nine miles, the Mazda Tyler car struck the rear of a semi-truck off the road and collided with a tree close to Aurora, Nebraska, as per Khou 11. He was taken to St Francis Hospital in Grand Island in serious condition and is expected to survive. The cause and motive behind Michelle's death remain unclear.
Earlier this year, Roenz was charged with the attempted sexual assault of an 18-year-old girl, court documents stated. After picking her up, he took away her phone and when the survivor tried to retrieve it, he became enraged. He then allegedly ripped off her shirt, bit her and even kicked her in the face in his car before sexually abusing her and then pushing her out of the car in the North Shore Senior High School parking lot. He kicked her so hard that she required stitches. She told the police after the incident that she thought she may die.