Texas police hunt killer after teen found dead in ditch 'like an animal'
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Texas teen Kaitlin Hernandez was found murdered on Tuesday evening after going for a walk with a male friend. San Antonio police are now searching for the suspect in her killing.
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"We need to find out who did this, because she didn't deserve to be left there like an animal. It's just very ugly and cruel," Angie Hernandez, the victim's mother, told FOX San Antonio. "I don't know what this person was thinking, why they targeted her. I don't understand."
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