Round Rock murder suspect arrested
A Pflugerville man wanted for murder in connection to a fentanyl overdose death has been arrested.
ROUND ROCK, Texas – A man wanted for murder in connection to a fentanyl overdose death has been arrested.
According to the US Marshals, 31-year-old Caleb Anthony Toledo, of Pflugerville, was arrested for a murder that happened in July in Round Rock.
Police said on July 22, officers responded to reports of an overdose near the intersection of Lord Byron Circle and Harvey Penick Drive.
Police found 28-year-old Ryan Zavala face down in a full bathtub.
The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office found that “he had presumptive positive results for fentanyl in his system at death.”
According to court records, detectives connected his death to Caleb Toledo.
The two had been messaging on Facebook about meeting up, so Zavala could purchase drugs, including fentanyl and Xanax, just one day before his death.
Police arrested Toledo on Friday.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Williamson County accepted $1.6 million in federal grants to try and reduce overdose fatalities and substance use.
One of the recipients of the money will be the Yellow House Foundation.
“We’ve grown so large, so many people are coming, that we have to create our own space,” said Hal Cromwell, a board member for the Yellow House Foundation. “We can’t fit anywhere else. That’s the only reason, and that requires funding.”
The Yellow House Foundation is a nonprofit that provides meeting places for people who are recovering from alcohol and substance abuse.
“Pretty wild, you have no one getting paid, and 3,300 people a month are coming through our doors to get helped, and this has been going on now, growing, it wasn’t always 3,300 people a month, but it’s been going on like that for over 40 years,” said Cromwell.
The money will help open a new center next month.
“That’s going to open up a free resource, whether you go into treatment or not for the entire community, and that will be what?” said Cromwell. “The next 30, 40, 50, 60 years? So pretty powerful.”
The hope is that more resources will save more lives, like Zavala’s.
Another group that is getting a chunk of that grant is Bluebonnet Trails Community Service.
Cromwell asks anyone interested in their program to reach out at 512-826-4322.
The Source: Information from US Marshals Service, Round Rock Police Department, and interviews conducted by FOX 7 Austin’s Lauren Rangel