Joe Flores (Austin Police Department)
AUSTIN, Texas - A man is now facing a first-degree murder charge in the fatal stabbing of another in Southeast Austin earlier this month.
36-year-old Joe Manuel Flores has been charged in the Nov. 15 death of 48-year-old Javier Jaimes.
The Austin Police Department says that at 11:49 a.m. that day, officers responded to a stabbing in the 2200 block of Teri Road and found Jaimes who appeared to be the victim of a stabbing.
Jaimes was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.
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Detectives processed the scene and investigators believe Jaimes, Flores and another suspect were in a verbal altercation which escalated into a physical fight. Flores then allegedly took out a knife and stabbed Jaimes, says APD.
Anyone with any information should contact APD's Homicide unit at 512-974-TIPS, or email APD Homicide. You may submit your tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477.
This case is being investigated as Austin's 61st homicide of 2023.