The man authorities have been searching for in connection with the slaying of Keisha Hillard earlier this month in Mesquite has been arrested, jail records confirmed Friday.
Christopher Whitt, 42, was booked into the Dallas County jail on a murder charge shortly after 7 a.m. Friday. His bail has not been set, and it was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.
“This is not the end of the fight — but it is a major step toward justice for Keisha and protection for others,” Hillard’s family wrote Friday in a statement. “Please continue to keep Keisha’s children and our family in your prayers as we move forward through grief and the legal process ahead.”
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Whitt’s arrest comes nearly two weeks after officers were dispatched on Oct. 12 for a welfare check at a home in the 2000 block of Avis Circle.
Inside, they found Hillard, a 42-year-old mom of five, dead of a gunshot wound.
Police officials announced then that they needed the public’s help locating Whitt, whom they said had been in a long-term relationship with Hillard.
No additional information about Whitt’s arrest was immediately available.