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Second suspect in Alice murder case has been arrested

40-year-old Roberto Robby Ramirez was arrested in connection to the murder of 33-year-old Francisco Nesmith.

ALICE, Texas — New details in a murder investigation that took place over a week ago has come to light. 

A second person has been arrested in connection to the crime. 

According to the Alice-Echo News Journal, 40-year-old Roberto Robby Ramirez was arrested in connection to the murder of 33-year-old Francisco Nesmith. 

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Nesmith was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head at a home on Schley Street back on Sunday, March 20. 

According to investigators, Ramirez was at the home when Nesmith was killed. At the time 33-year-old Mark Anthony Gonzalez was arrested. Both Gonzalez and Ramirez have been booked into the Jim Wells County Jail and are facing murder charges, among others. 

The investigation remains ongoing. 

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