HOUSTON - Newly tested DNA evidence led to the re-arrest of a man accused of fatally stabbing an 11-year-old Houston boy as he walked home from school in 2016, authorities said Tuesday. Andre Timothy Jackson Jr. was indicted by a grand jury in Houston in the death of Josue Flores. After his indictment on Tuesday, Jackson, 30, was arrested by Houston police officers, who had him under surveillance for several days. At a news conference, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg declined to discuss the recently tested DNA evidence, only saying it had been sent to a lab in Florida. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWAuthorities said the DNA evidence that was tested matched Josue.

Source: thestar June 18, 2019 19:18 UTC