One arrested for capital murder in Texas County, police say

Perryton police said a 26-year-old Perryton man was arrested June 25 in Texas County, Oklahoma, in a capital murder case tied to the death of an infant. The arrest, later identified as Terrell Leon, gave the investigation its first confirmed custody break after Texas Rangers were brought in on April 25.

Texas Department of Public Safety said the case stems from an investigation into the death of an infant, and local reporting identified the charge as capital murder of a person under the age of 10. Leon was being held in the Ochiltree County Jail, and officials said no further details would be released at that time. Perryton Police Chief Ralph Gonzales said the investigation is ongoing.

That limited release is part of the story for Texas County and the Texas Panhandle because Perryton sits just across the border from the Oklahoma Panhandle, where a serious homicide case can quickly become a cross-border law-enforcement matter. The June 25 arrest also moves the case from an active investigation into a public custody record, but officials have not said whether additional arrests, court filings or a fuller accounting of the facts will follow.

The case comes after another Perryton capital murder prosecution drew intense attention in Ochiltree County. Humberto Martinez was indicted in October 2022 in connection with a July 2022 arson death in Perryton that killed a young girl, and he was sentenced in March 2026 to life in prison without parole. That recent history helps explain the caution around releasing details in another capital murder investigation while detectives, prosecutors and jail officials continue to build the record.