According to EMF, the suspected killer of an Ethiopian couple in Dallas was caught with a hit list, 15 guns and $20,000 before an Ethiopian woman in Colorado helped police to arrest him Saturday night.
(DALLAS MORNING NEWS) — Late last night we learned that Abey Girma, the fugitive suspected of gunning down a Lower Greenville husband and wife on their front porch, had been arrested in Colorado.
Now we know how that went down, and it looks like police can thank an alert news reader at tight-knit Ethiopian church.
Short background: Police believe Girma, a customer at Yared Lemma and Yenni Desta’s Ethiopian restaurant, felt disrespected by the couple for some reason Wednesday night. So he allegedly followed them home and shot them to death, then forced a coworker to help him flee the state.
The next day in Aurora, Colo., a woman worshiping at St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Church spots a strange man hanging around. According to Aurora police, he calls himself Abey.
Abey asks the woman for her phone number, police say. She refuses.
The next day the woman sees Girma at the church again. And that night, police say, he comes knocking at her door and window. She doesn’t answer.
Now, the Ethiopians in Aurora are well aware of the Dallas slaying. It’s big news in a small community. So the woman does some some Googling, find’s Girma’s mugshot and immediately recognizes him as her stalker.
She calls police right away, and about an hour later officers find his vehicle in the church parking lot. He’s arrested at a traffic stop without incident, and is now reportedly awaiting extradition to Dallas.