A registered sex offender died while raping an elderly woman at knifepoint in her home.
Isabel Chavelo Gutierrez, 53, from Tivoli, Texas, rode two miles from his home on his bike where he broke into his 77-year-old victim’s house.
Authorities say that while he was raping her at knifepoint, he told her he wasn’t feeling well and stopped having sex with her so he could rest.
Moments later he then went back to fondling her briefly before he rolled over and died.
Sgt Gary Wright of the Refugio County Sheriff’s Office said they believe the man died from a heart attack after cycling the two miles to his victim’s house.
His body was sent to the Nueces County medical examiner in Corpus Christi for autopsy.
According to the Corpus Christie Caller Times, the woman saw Gutierrez at a local post office one day before the June 2 attack.
During the attack, she thought Gutierrez passed out from drinking because she smelled alcohol on his breath.
After he lost consciousness, the woman drove away from her house and called her daughter, who then alerted authorities. Gutierrez was dead when they arrived.
He was on parole after serving a sentence for aggravated sexual assault and indecency with a child.
According to the state’s registered sex offender database, the victim was a seven-year-old girl.
