Photo via KDFW

A murder victim who was found shot to death on Merrifield Road recently turned out to be a 14-year-old girl.

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Dallas police found Neveah Foster dead of multiple gunshot wounds and lying in a ditch on South Merrifield Road, just west of Loop 12, on Dec. 15.

A 22-year-old, Tyrone Davis was arrested and charged with murder Thursday in the girl’s death.

KDFW identified the girl and interviewed her mother, Jessica Foster. The mother said her daughter had a mental illness and had run away before. She also told the TV station that a man had threatened her daughter earlier in the week.

Tyrone Davis