Overview
- A walker found 33-year-old Persia Amarra Conway’s body in a stormwater catch basin beside Brays Bayou on May 25, and the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences ruled the death a homicide from multiple blunt force trauma.
- Houston police arrested 22-year-old Daniel Arnulfo Ceron on Wednesday and say he later admitted to involvement in Conway’s death.
- Court records and filings reportedly include video of a man disposing of a cellphone, slippers, and pieces of acrylic nails near the scene and a record that a woman told authorities Ceron had confessed.
- Prosecutors have filed a motion asking a judge to set Ceron’s bond at $500,000 as criminal proceedings move forward and investigators continue to develop evidence.
- Family members and Houston’s LGBTQ+ community held a vigil to remember Conway and have emphasized honoring her identity while questions about motive and the suspect’s relationship to the victim remain unresolved.