Arthur Edigin

How they died

Suicide

Arthur Edigin allegedly shot his estranged wife, Graciela Torres, 66, and his 31-year-old daughter, Penny Grace Edigin Zapata, around 7 p.m. in an apparent domestic violence incident at the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church. Edigin fired at least five shots into the passenger side of the other where Torres and Zapata were in, killing Torres and critically injuring Zapata, police said. Edigin fled and was later found at a west Houston hotel. Police attempted to negotiate with him via cellphone and room phone to get him out of the room. The standoff ended after Edigin was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the hotel room bathroom, police said.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Arthur Edigin, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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