
Tragedy struck the San Antonio community when 17-year-old Kaitlin Hernandez was discovered brutally murdered under a bridge in her neighborhood. Hernandez, described as a 'sweet' high schooler with a promising future, went missing after taking a walk with a male friend on the evening of March 12.
Concerned by her prolonged absence, Hernandez's family contacted the authorities, leading to the grim discovery of her naked body in a drainage ditch beneath a bridge on Dell Oak Drive. The cause of death was confirmed as strangulation by the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office.