This is a message from the Austin Police Department and the Capitol.
We can confirm that a second incident has taken place on July 1-2 at the University Medical Center shelter involving two young female victims, identified as Joselyn DePalma, 25 and Catherine Kennedy, 25. This is following the murder of Andrea Salazar, 24, on June 18. APD is currently investigating these incidents as linked.
For your safety, please be advised that there is now a curfew in place at UMCB of 10:00 PM. All those not performing vital duties must be in their designated rooms by this time. Patrolmen will be enforcing this curfew, and those found in repeated violation will be remanded to police custody.We are looking for any information regarding suspicions persons within the shelter, as well as any contact made with the victims on July 1. Any information is valuable information. All comments made are completely anonymous and screened from public view. Thank you for your help.