A Midland woman has been arrested for murder in connection with the February death of 22-year-old Krysta Dawn Copeland.
Jessica Anne Caro, 24, turned herself in to authorities on the evening of Wednesday, April 8, on the same day the Midland Police Department obtained a warrant for her arrest.
Caro originally called Midland police to the scene of the residence she shared with Copeland in the 1400 block of East Jax Avenue at 2:55 p.m. on February 4 in reference to a suicide, stating that Copeland had shot herself. Copeland had suffered a single gunshot wound to the head, but further investigation, including Copeland's autopsy, revealed that the cause of her death was a homicide.
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