Texas man accused of killing his coworker after attributable to spiralling ‘obsession’ together with her | EUROtoday

A Texas man has been accused of murdering his co-worker after changing into obsessive about the time she spent on breaks and livid that she was not giving him sufficient consideration, stories say.

Travis Merrill, 51, was arrested on Thursday in Lewisville, on the outskirts of Dallas, and charged with the deadly taking pictures of Tamhara Collazo at her desk contained in the trucking firm the place they each labored.

Police had been referred to as to the workplace at round 11.30am by stories of an lively shooter, solely to reportedly discover Merrill on his knees along with his palms within the air and a pair of revolvers in his jacket on the ground.

But beneath questioning by detectives, Merrill allegedly confessed to a spiraling fixation along with his youthful colleague that culminated in a premeditated taking pictures.

In arrest paperwork seen by native broadcaster KDFW, officers allege that Merrill was “obsessed with Collazo and began getting ever-increasingly angry [at] her taking what he considered to be unauthorized long breaks during work hours, as well as not paying any attention to him.”

Merrill allegedly then stalked Collazo for a number of months, watching her throughout her breaks, to the purpose the place he was capable of reel off an in depth checklist of tangible dates and actual break lengths beneath questioning by detectives.

Eventually, Collazo allegedly confronted Merrill about his habits and reported him to HR, main him to be suspended till he spoke to a counselor.

When he returned to work, Collazo understandably prevented him. This, the paperwork allege, made Merrill livid, and he started shopping for weapons and practising with them in his house.

“[He felt that Collazo] had caused him pain, and he wanted her to feel pain, so he intentionally planned to shoot her at work with everyone there,” the paperwork allege.

Finally, on October 17, Merrill allegedly watched Collazo all through her lunch break, retrieved his weapons from his automotive, adopted her again into the workplace, and allegedly “ambushed” her at her cubicle.

According to public information and her LinkedIn account, Collazo was 37 years outdated and had been working as an accounts receivable specialist at Allegiance since November 2022.

Collazo’s employer Allegiance Trucks instructed KDFW that it was devastated by the taking pictures and had closed its Lewisville workplace “indefinitely”.

“We ask for the community’s support, as our company has unfortunately joined the growing national community of workplaces affected by gun violence,” the corporate mentioned.