Man killed his Lewisville co-worker because she took long breaks
- The man accused of murdering his co-worker inside a
Lewisville office building last week was allegedly obsessed and angry about her taking work breaks that he thought were too long, according to an arrest report.
Travis Merrill, 51, was arrested on Thursday after police said he
shot and killed Tamhara Collazo at her desk inside Allegiance Trucks.
The business shares a parking lot with the Lewisville Police Department’s temporary headquarters in the 1800 block of Lakeway Drive. So, officers were there within minutes, taking Merrill into custody and trying to save Colllazo’s life.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Merrill told detectives in an interview that "he was obsessed with Collazo and began getting ever increasingly angry by her taking what he considered to be unauthorized long breaks during work hours, as well as not paying any attention to him."
After several months of this, Collazo told Merrill to stop watching her on her breaks and reported his behavior to HR. He was ordered to talk to a counselor before he was approved to return to work, the affidavit says.
Merrill told detectives Collazo intentionally avoided him once he returned to work, which fueled his anger even more. So, he started buying guns and practiced with them at home.
He said he brought the guns to work on several occasions but didn’t do anything because it "didn’t feel like the right time."
The man accused of murdering his co-worker inside a Lewisville office building last week was allegedly obsessed and angry about her taking work breaks that he thought were too long, according to an arrest report.
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