Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis has confirmed that Kyvontre Elmore, a 28-year-old from Dallas, will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the murder of Jose “Antonio” Acosta Galvan, as reported by the Collin County District Attorney's Office via their official website.
Elmore was found guilty of Capital Murder by a jury that was presented with a range of incriminating evidence. Included in the mix were surveillance videos and multiple Instagram posts made by Elmore before committing the crime; Galvan was fatally shot on January 10, 2023, while in his truck, which was later found abandoned and set on fire.
The investigation conducted by the Dallas Police Department, with Detective Michael Nealey at the helm, was extensive and involved gathering surveillance footage, tracking Elmore down to his girlfriend's apartment in McKinney, and analyzing phone records that indicated Elmore's movements before and after the murder, according to the statement from the DA’s office.
Furthermore, a significant break in the case materialized when a gun was retrieved in an unrelated arrest by Euless Police Officer Jarad Hawthorne. This gun, after forensic analysis by April Kendrick of the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences, was identified to be the murder weapon, bolstering the evidence against Elmore whose incriminating Instagram posts, including a video flashing a gun similar to the murder weapon just over an hour before the killing was featured prominently in the trial.
Assistant Criminal District Attorneys Jamin Daly and Ashlyn Scott prosecuted the case, with support from District Attorney Investigator Michael Bennett and Victim Assistance Coordinator Melissa White.
