(La Porte County, IN) - A man wanted for murder in Washington, D.C. has been apprehended in La Porte County.
54-year-old Alberto Valle-Carranza was being sought in connection with a murder that took place in the Northwest district of Washington, D.C. According to authorities there, Valle-Carranza allegedly stabbed a 31-year-old woman to death in a domestic altercation early Tuesday morning.
On Wednesday afternoon, area Fugitive Task Force members received a tip that Valle-Carranza was on a bus heading from Chicago to Michigan City. According to a press release from the La Porte County Sheriff’s Department, officers quickly mobilized. Two Sheriff’s sergeants intercepted the bus, while two other members of the Fugitive Apprehension Street Team positively identified Valle-Carranza inside.
The suspect was transported to the La Porte County Jail and charged with Second-Degree Murder while Armed.
Homicide Detectives from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department were in La Porte on Friday to follow up on their investigation. Valle-Carranza is being held without bond as he awaits extradition.
