Sep 28, 2007 6:55 pm US/Central
Neighbor Charged With Murder Of Hanna Mack
19-Year-Old Arrested In Navarro County Girl's Murder
NAVARRO COUNTY (CBS News) ―
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Shawn Earl Arender has been charged with the murder of Hanna Mack
Texas Dept. Of Criminal Justice
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Authorities in Navarro County are investigating the death of a 6-year-old girl. Hanna Mack's mother discovered her daughter's body hanging in the family garage Monday. Now, the family says police told them the mother's boyfriend is one of several persons o
CBS 11 News
Officials have arrested a neighbor and charged him with capital murder in the death earlier this month of a Navarro County girl.
Officials arrested Shawn Earl Arender, 19, and charged him with capital murder in the Hanna Mack murder, authorities said at a news conference Friday morning.
Navarro County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Mike Cox said Arender lived less than a mile from the Mack's rural home about 65 miles south of Dallas. He was already in jail on unrelated burglary and drug possession charges.
Cox said DNA evidence linked Arender to the crime scene. His bond is set at $2.5 million.
According to an affidavit when Arender was questioned Wednesday he, "would not give a statement, but put his head on the table and cried." The document also states that a couple of days before being questioned about Hanna's death, Arender cut himself with a piece of glass and was taken to the hospital "because he was depressed."
CBS 11 talked to Anders uncle who said Shawn was a 'trouble maker', but he could have never imagined his nephew would be accused of 'something like this'.
The 6-year-old girl was found hanging in the family garage on Sept. 10. An autopsy later revealed that the girl had also been sexually assaulted.
Dana Mack's live-in boyfriend Kevin Wayne Anders was arrested two days after the little girl's body was found. He was charged with possession of child pornography. Bond was set at $100,000 and he remains jailed.
At the time of his arrest Anders was considered the primary suspect in Hanna's death, and as of Friday, he hadn' t been ruled out as a suspect.
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