July 31, 2026 / 4:12 PM CDT / CBS Texas.

Mayra Velasquez, the woman accused of fatally stabbing her friend more than 100 times in 2012 , made her first public statement Friday, declaring she is innocent and urging investigators to look elsewhere for the killer.

"I am Mayra Velasquez. I did not do this," Velasquez said as she sat beside her attorneys.