KPD Identifies Homicide Victim on Bacon Ranch Road

For Immediate Release – UPDATE

August 21, 2017

The shooting victim from the Homicide in the 1100 block of Bacon Ranch Road been identified as 29 year-old Brandi Jo Cadena.

Detectives continue to investigate this Homicide and information will be released as it becomes available.

Killeen Police investigate Homicide on Bacon Ranch.

Officers were dispatched to the 1100 block of Bacon Ranch Road at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, August 19, 2017, after receiving a 911 call in reference to a gunshot victim.  Upon the officers’ arrival they located a female inside the residence suffering from a gunshot wound; she was unconscious and not breathing.  Justice of the Peace Claudia Brown pronounced the victim deceased at 10:34 a.m.  She ordered an autopsy to be performed at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas.

The preliminary information that was received by officers revealed that a family member went by to visit the victim at her residence.  The family member entered the apartment and found that the victim had been shot and immediately called 911.

Detectives are asking anyone who has information about this Homicide, to contact Crime Stoppers at 254-526-TIPS (8477) or go online at www.bellcountycrimestoppers.com.  You can also download the P3Tips App for IOS and Android and give an anonymous tip.  All information given is anonymous and confidential, and if your tip leads to the arrest of the person responsible for this Homicide, you could be eligible for reward up to $1,000 in cash.

Ofelia Miramontez
Public Affairs
Killeen Police Department