Escaping abuse
dallasvoice.comGenesis Women’s Shelter and Support offers a variety of services for anyone identifying as a woman DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Last December, a woman called 911 to report that a person in her address in Grapevine was experiencing breathing problems.
When paramedics and police arrived at the home, they found Cynthia Cervantes lying on the floor; she had been shot multiple times.
She was taken to a local hospital where she died. The caller was identified as Tracy Walters, who was dating Cervantes. Police found that the handgun used in the murder belonged to Walters, and she was arrested for the murder.
Maria McMullin works at Genesis Women’s Shelter and was friendly with Cervantes. She said as much intimate partner domestic violence as she’s seen in her job, nothing can prepare you for something like the murder of a friend.
