Librarian found dead — and her police sergeant husband is the suspect, Texas cops say

This story has been updated with details released in court documents.

A school librarian was found dead in her kitchen this weekend — and her husband, a police sergeant, was arrested in connection to the murder, police said, according to KTRK.

Police in Texas were called to the home of Hilario and Belinda Hernandez just after noon on March 23, according to a release from the Pearland Police Department. The caller reported that they found a family member dead inside the house.

Their daughter found the body, according to KTRK.

Pearland officers identified the body as 52-year-old Belinda Hernandez and issued an arrest warrant for her husband, 56-year-old Hilario Hernandez, police said in the release.

Hilario’s vehicle was found in Kingsville, according to the report. Kingsville is about 240 miles south of Pearland, near Corpus Christi. He was arrested in Kingsville hours after his wife was found shot to death, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Hilario has been charged with murder, KHOU reported. Police said they will investigate “as usual,” according to the TV station.

According to court documents obtained by KHOU, the couple’s daughter told police that her parents were having a party at their home, and people were drinking.

“She added that her father ... got upset because he believed his wife was flirting with his daughter’s husband’s friend,” KHOU reported.

The daughter told police she went home and “noticed something was wrong when she sent her mom a text message to tell her she made it home safely, but her mom didn’t respond,” KTRK reported.

She then called her dad, who said the mom was “fine” before hanging up, KHOU reported.

That’s when the daughter said she went back to her parents’ house and found Belinda dead in the kitchen “with multiple gunshot wounds,” according to KTRK.

Investigators have not found anyone who heard the gunshots, according to the Chronicle.

“The couple had been married more than three decades and had two grown children,” the Chronicle reported.

Pearland Independent School District confirmed that Belinda was a librarian at Shadycrest Elementary, CBSDFW reported.

“Pearland ISD is deeply saddened to learn of the death of one of our employees...” the statement says, according to the station. “Mrs. Hernandez was a beloved, longtime employee who worked for Pearland ISD for 15 years.”

This story was originally published March 25, 2019 at 9:34 AM.