Police have ruled the deaths of an El Paso family of four a murder-suicide after police were dispatched to a house fire on March 8 on the 4400 block of Wrangler Run.
They found the charred remains of the Pescador family upon arrival- Alfredo, 44, Blanca, 40, Leslie, 19, and Freddy Pescador,13.
Alfredo Pescador's sister explained she found out about their deaths over the weekend, and immediately drove from El Paso when she heard.
"My brother was a good father and family man," Alfredo Pescandor's sister said in a statement at the time. "His wife was also a beautiful person and always put her children first. Just an overall loving family. I miss them dearly."
"It's a great loss," said East Central ISD teacher Elaine Juarez, who taught one of the younger victims.
Juarez says she taught a criminal justice pathway course taken by the 19-year-old Pescandor son, who is described as an honor student who recently enrolled in college.
"On our competitions out of town we got close," Juarez said through tears. "We bonded. Her fellow students that would practice with her every week miss her very much. She was just a great person to everybody."
Investigators suspected the fire was intentionally set from the beginning and eventually found evidence to back up that theory.
According to San Antonio police, Alfredo Pescador shot and killed his wife and their two kids before setting the home on fire and turning the gun on himself.
