The family of Mariah Murray is seeking answers after the 27-year-old woman was found dead inside an abandoned home in East Oak Cliff on May 10.
Dallas police discovered Murray’s body Sunday afternoon at a vacant house in the 1400 block of Georgia Avenue, near the Illinois Avenue DART station. Relatives told Fox 4 KDFW that she was found inside a freezer.
No arrests have been made, and the Dallas Police Department has not released a suspect or a motive.
Hours after the body was discovered, Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to a fire at the same home. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, and it is not clear whether it is linked to the killing.
Family members spoke with the news media and urged anyone with information to come forward.
“All of these people around here, somebody who knows did it,” Murray’s cousin said, per Fox 4. “Somebody seen her. They know who did it.”
“She didn’t deserve what happened to her,” another family member said.
One relative described Murray as someone with a warm personality.
“Man, Mariah had a good spirit,” the family member said, Fox 4 reported. “Always laughing. She loved to play. You know, people just make mistakes. You know, maybe she was hanging with the wrong people.”
Another relative said Murray had choices in life but did not deserve her fate.
“Oh, she had plenty of options, but people choose to do what they want to do, but whatever they chose, she didn’t deserve what happened,” the family member said.
The family called on neighbors and witnesses to assist investigators.
“Somebody had to see something, and somebody had to know something, so they need to speak up,” a family member said. “So, whoever did it, we want justice. We want whoever did it found. Point-blank. Period.”
Murray had nearly a dozen criminal charges in Dallas County in recent years, most of them minor infractions tied to DART, such as fare evasion, according to Fox 4.
One neighbor described the abandoned house as a location used by drug users. Another neighbor, Cesar Labrador, expressed concern for the family.
“I really do give out my condolences to her family and hope they’re okay,” Labrador said.
The Dallas Police Department is asking anyone with any information on the case to contact Detective C. Fehrenbach at 214-671-3671 or [email protected].
