Nixon woman charged with arson, murder

Delia Ann Trigo, 64, has been charged with capital murder, following the death early July 25 of Israel Perez. Perez, 62, suffered severe burns July 14, in a structure fire in the 700 block of East Fourth Street in Nixon early that day. (See “Nixon fire leaves Smiley postmaster in critical condition,” July 23.) After the fire was extinguished, an investigation indicated the fire had been intentionally set, and Nixon police arrested Trigo, who was charged at that time with arson and causing serious bodily injury to a family member. Although the fire spread to an adjacent shed which had...

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