The Targeted Killing of Liz Barraza

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In late January of 2019, Tomball, Texas residents Liz and Sergio Barraza were scheduled to take a trip to Florida for their 5th wedding anniversary. At the last minute, Liz decided to hold a garage sale to make a little extra spending cash to take with them. As she set up for the sale on the early morning of January 25th, a mysterious figure emerged from a black pickup truck, walked over to Liz in her driveway, and fired a pistol four times at point blank range. Though Liz was alive, miraculously, she ultimately succumbed to her wounds. The Barraza’s doorbell cam and neighbors’ security cameras not only captured images of the pickup truck used in the execution, but they also captured the perpetrator. More than three years later, however, Liz’s murder remains unsolved, in spite of her family’s dogged efforts and the diligence of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

If you have any information about the murder of Elizabeth “Liz” Nuelle Barraza please contact Crime Stoppers of Houston at (713) 222-TIPS or (713) 222-8477. When you contact Crime Stoppers with information, you will be assigned a number and remain anonymous.

You can keep up with developments at WhoKilledLizBarraza.com

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WhoKilledLizBarraza.com, KHOU.com, Dateline.com, People.com, InsideEdition.com, and abc13.com were used as sources for this episode.

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0:00.0	The concollege podcast may contain violent or graphic subject matter, listener discretion
0:06.8	is advised.
0:10.1	European immigrants began arriving in modest numbers and settling the area about 32 miles
0:16.4	northwest of Houston in the mid-1800s.
0:21.0	The beautiful rolling hills and clear winding streams that surrounded this area were a major
0:27.4	draw for settlers.
0:30.0	No one would have stayed long, however, if the land came without promise.
0:35.8	Lucky for them, immigrants realized fast that the rich soil there was ample for farming
0:41.5	and ranching, and there was something there even more potentially lucrative, lumber.
0:48.6	The dense and lush forests of Texas red oak, pecan, and particularly loblolly pine had
0:56.0	the most enterprising folks realizing the full potential of the region in the form of
1:01.7	timber.
1:03.6	The small community that settled this nine square mile area fared well for the first several
1:09.2	decades of its existence.
1:11.8	The little town 32 miles northwest of Houston officially became the town of Peck, Texas,
1:18.9	but it wouldn't be called that for long.
1:22.3	Here banker and attorney Thomas Henry Ball resigned from public service as a United States
1:28.0	congressman in 1903.
1:30.8	He moved to Houston to represent the Trinity and Brasis Valley Railroad.
1:36.4	Thomas Ball had a dream.
1:38.6	He envisioned the then sleepy and modest city of Houston as a major port of industry.
1:46.0	To realize his dream, Ball needed a depot and a roundhouse, a place for servicing the
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