***MEDIA ADVISORY***

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 09, 2021

WARRANT ISSUED FOR ARNULFO ALANIS PEREZ, HUSBAND OF HOMICIDE VICTIM

Media Contact: Vicki Elaine Becker (574) 296-1888

On September 5, 2021 at around 3:30 p.m., the Elkhart Police Department was dispatched to 522 W. Blaine, Elkhart, IN to do a welfare check. Upon arrival, Cristina Pina (49) of Elkhart was found deceased. The Elkhart County Homicide Unit was contacted and immediately took over the scene.

On September 7, 2021, a forensic autopsy was performed at the Homer Stryker School of Medicine and it was determined Pina died as the result of gunshot wounds. Through investigation and interviews, probable cause was determined for the arrest warrant of Arnulfo Alanis Perez (45), also of Elkhart and the husband of Pina.

This is considered an on-going investigation. If you have any information regarding this event, or are aware of any individual who may, please call the Elkhart County Homicide Unit at 574-295-2825 or 574-296-1888.

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“Under Indiana law, all persons arrested for a criminal offense are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.”