Investigators said a man has died while in the act of raping an elderly South Texas woman.
Isabel Chavelo Gutierrez
The Refugio County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 53-year-old Isabel Chavelo Gutierrez. Sheriff’s Sgt. Gary Wright said the incident happened June 2 after he rode two miles by bicycle from his home to that of his 77-year-old victim in the tiny coastal community of Tivoli.
Wright said the 5′-7″, 230-to-250 pound man sneaked into the woman’s house and raped her at knifepoint.
During the assault, he said he wasn’t feeling well, rolled over, and died.
Gutierrez’ body was sent to the Nueces County medical examiner in Corpus Christi for autopsy.
Gutierrez was a registered sexual offender on parole from a sentence for aggravated sexual assault and indecency with a child.
