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Taco Casa Coworker Confesses to Murder, Theft

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Taco Casa Coworker Confesses to Murdering Colleague, Stealing Car

A Taco Casa employee in Fort Worth admitted to shooting and killing his coworker, Thomas King, then stealing his car. The incident unfolded after King went missing following his shift on April 13th. Police discovered Kings vehicle at a Quality Inn motel in Arlington, with surveillance footage showing a man, later identified as Gregory Lewis, driving the car shortly after Kings shift ended. Kings family reported him missing the next day, and his body was found in an open field in Fort Worth days later. Lewis confessed to the shooting and car theft, with homicide detectives investigating the motive and preparing capital murder charges. This tragic event raises questions about workplace trust.

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Taco Casa Coworker Confesses to Murder, Theft

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Dallas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Taco Casa Coworker Confesses to Murder, Theft. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's April 20th. You're listening to Dallas News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Cory with the story. A taco-cosa coworker and Fort Worth confessed to shooting and killing 31-year-old Thomas King, then stealing his car. Police say it all started when King vanished after his shift on April 13th. Investigators quickly tracked King's vehicle to a quality in Motel in Arlington. Motel surveillance from April 15th caught a man pulling up in the car right after King's shift ended. King's family reported him missing the next day, April 14th. Days later, his body turned up in an open field on Fort Worth's east side, turning a missing person case into a homicide. That man on the video was Gregory Lewis, 34, who worked the same shift at Taco-cosa. When cops questioned him, he admitted to the shooting and taking off with the car. Homicide detectives are still digging into what sparked the violence, with charges for capital murder in the works, and the medical examiner said too. From a cause, such a heartbreaking twist leaves everyone rethinking workplace trust.

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