BEAUMONT, Texas — A Beaumont woman is sharing memories of her sister more than four years after she was found dead inside her apartment, speaking out as police charge a suspect in the 2021 killing .

Shanequa Castaneda was found dead in her unit at the El Camino Homes in Beaumont in 2021. This year, a Crime Stoppers tip led police to arrest 43-year-old Michael Denson, who investigators say admitted to killing her.

Castaneda’s younger sister, Patiaunce McCall, told 12News she is determined to keep her sister’s legacy alive.

“We're like two peas in a pod. You saw her, you saw me,” McCall said. “That's why when I moved here without her, like, it was hard for both of us.”

McCall described her sister as an “angel” who defied the odds from the start. Born premature with a low chance of surv

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