Arrest Made in Amarillo Hotel Homicide, Marks 2nd for 2023
Amarillo continues to see crime, and it seems that "new year, new you" doesn't work for the yellow city. The 2nd homicide of 2023 occurred over the weekend.
On Sunday, February 5th at 7:28 am, Amarillo Police received information on a possible homicide at a local hotel located in the 4600 block of East I-40. Upon arriving at the scene APD found Kendra Vela, a 31-year-old female, dead. She was located in a room at the hotel with apparent gunshot wounds.
Later that evening at 7:06 pm officers was able to locate the suspect in this murder. Amarillo police officers tracked the suspect to another hotel located in the 1700 block of I-40 East. The Critical Incident Response Team was called to the hotel to apprehend the suspect. The Amarillo PD took the suspect into custody at 7:40 PM
The male suspect was identified as 29-year-old Trey Phillip Greenleaf. He was arrested and booked into the Potter County Detention Center for murder.
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