SAN ANTONIO — A man has turned himself in to authorities in connection to a murder at an apartment complex back in April of this year.
Reynoldo Orion Rios, 23, turned himself into police Monday and is charged with murder, according to an arrest affidavit.
On April 18, Angel (Angelina Marie) Hernandez was found shot in the courtyard of the Legacy Flats Apartments on Shaenfield Road.
Police said in a Crime Stoppers report that a man in a red hoodie was seen getting out of a blue Dodge Charger and jumping the gate into the apartment complex to meet the victim.
Police say that man in the hoodie was Rios. The arrest affidavit said he messaged Hernandez over Instagram to meet up because he owed her money. He told police he feared for his family's safety if he did not provide her all of the money.
Monday, after a Crime Stoppers report on the crime, Rios called 911 to turn himself in, police said. He was taken to the homicide office where he was interviewed. Police said he had already been identified as a person of interest in the case.
Diane Ruiz is Hernandez's mother. She said she was surprised when she saw the Crime Stoppers alert over the weekend. Then on Monday, she got a call from a detective about Rios' confession.
“It was a huge relief, I didn’t realize how heavy it had been weighing," Ruiz said.
She said she adopted Hernandez when she was three-years-old.
"She was a ward of the state," Ruiz said. "Gun violence brought her into my life and gun violence took her from me.”
Ruiz said Hernandez has saved three lives by donating organs. She wants her child to be remembered as a loving, free-spirited person.
“The world lost a really good person and we miss her everyday," Ruiz said.
According to online records, Rios bonded out of jail Wednesday night. His bond was set at $100,000.