Texas caregiver is charged with murder and investigated over the deaths of 20 others - as cops reveal how her terrifying reign of terror came undone

A Texas caregiver who had been charged pinch maltreatment and endangering patients is now being investigated complete nan deaths of 20 group and faces astatine slightest 1 execution charge. 

Regla Becquer, 49, nan proprietor of aggregate attraction homes nether her LLC 'Love and Caring for People', is accused of leaving her patients to unrecorded successful squalor while raiding their slope accounts. 

As section authorities person investigated, they've since charged Becquer pinch execution connected June 20 and discovered a further shape of deaths of those she was expected to return attraction of.

They person added different 7 victims whose deaths person occurred successful Becquer's custody since September 2022, galore of which happened earlier they began their probe.  

'We've learned astir immoderate very concerning things occurring wrong these homes and we want to guarantee that nary victims are falling done nan cracks,' Arlington Chief of Police Al Jones said successful a statement. 

'Fortunately, our investigation has resulted successful aggregate clients being pulled from nan homes truthful they tin person nan morganatic attraction they need. But location whitethorn beryllium others we request to help.' 

Back successful March, it was revealed she is besides accused of poisoning patients, which Chris Devendorf, nan relative of a man who died successful her attraction successful January, claims caused his relative to quickly deteriorate arsenic soon arsenic he joined her home. 

'There was thing different successful his voice,' Devendorf said astir his brother, Kelly Pankratz, erstwhile he past said to him. 'He was slurring his speech. Sounded for illustration he had thing successful his mouth.' 

Although her attraction homes are allegedly unlicensed, patients were sent to Becquer by hospitals erstwhile they don't meet nan criteria for attraction astatine a licensed facility, according to KLIF. 

A hunt warrant obtained by WFAA initially alleged that 13 patients died successful her homes since September 2022, arsenic patients were allegedly near successful rotten conditions. New revelations person recovered different 7 victims. 

In nan lawsuit of Kelly Pankratz, his relative said he developed a encephalon information that caused confusion, and aft being hospitalized for sepsis, he collapsed his ankle connected nan measurement home. 

Pankratz was subsequently placed successful 1 of Becquer's attraction homes, which Devendorf said led his brother's information to spell quickly downhill.

He claimed that Becquer wouldn't return him for scheduled doctor's appointments, and they struggled to get into interaction pinch Pankratz for respective months. 

'It was impossible,' family friend Barton Gross told WFAA. 'There was conscionable nary measurement to get ahold of him. No mailing address, wherever I could moreover nonstop a card.' 

Becquer is accused of strategically moving patients betwixt homes to debar discovery while cutting disconnected their interaction pinch their families.  

Devendorf said nan past clip he said pinch his relative successful January, erstwhile he suffered nan slurred reside patterns that concerned him. 

Hours later, Pankratz died wrong 1 of Becquer's homes. His origin of decease has not yet been established and an autopsy has not been conducted. 

The relative said that he became suspicious of Becquer, and is seeking to 'know if he was drugged.' The hunt warrant added that respective others, including erstwhile patients and their family members, person accused her of poisoning them. 

Becquer is besides alleged to person stolen money from her patients, including claims she spent $100,000 of Pankratz' money successful a six-month span. 

Although nan purchases were made successful his name, his family claims that he was known to beryllium frugal to nan constituent of being 'cheap', and spending excessively was retired of characteristic for him.

Many of nan online purchases were besides made online, Devendorf said, contempt his relative not owning a telephone aliases computer. 

Gross added: 'I don't deliberation it was him spending nan money... he was frugal. Kelly was frugal to nan constituent of being almost cheap.' 

Investigators allege that Becquer besides stole victims' cars and engaged successful various forms of personality theft, and respective had handed complete their powerfulness of attorney. 

Many were besides said to person been only mildly abnormal and of sound mind, earlier their conditions allegedly deteriorated quickly erstwhile entering nan attraction homes. 

One woman, Kren Walker, is besides alleged to person signed complete nan deed to her location to Becquer successful her will connected a handwritten statement conscionable 2 weeks earlier she died. 

The will, which was conscionable 1 condemnation long, is now nan taxable of a forgery investigation by nan Arlington Police Department, reports KHOU-11. 

According to KLIF, different unfortunate pinch cerebral palsy said she trim her ain wrists retired of desperation to get retired of nan location and sent to hospital. 

She besides claimed she was near to slumber connected a bare mattress covered successful her ain feces, and was fixed a 'minty unprescribed medication' to forestall her from escaping. 

Arlington constabulary opportunity they are still unclear really galore attraction homes Becquer was operating, arsenic nan metropolis of Arlington doesn't require yearly licensing, dissimilar Dallas which requires each location to beryllium licensed. 

She was snared erstwhile constabulary were called to 1 of nan homes successful November past twelvemonth aft a neighbour recovered a diligent had fallen successful her backyard.

When cops showed up, officers recovered 2 much patients inside, and Becquer allegedly told a caretaker not to let constabulary 'inside nan location to cheque connected nan use of nan patients.' 

'Officers and EMS deemed that location was exigency to cheque nan use of nan different patients wrong nan home,' nan hunt warrant stated.