A Texas man implicated in threatening Sen. Ted Cruz in a rambling telephone call to his office last month is on the run after failing to appear for a court appearance, authorities stated.
Isaac A. Nformangum, 22, of Richmond, was charged with making a terroristic threat against Cruz in a June 26 call in which he ranted about the Republican Party platform. In the call, which was transcribed and included in the criminal complaint prepared by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Nformangum presumably threatened to kill Cruz and his GOP associates.
“Every last one of your Republican colleagues to have signed off on that platform is to be found, and is to be found and killed, be it by a bullet to the face or by the smashing of a brick in your skull,” Nformangum allegedly said in the message. “It is a civic duty of every American citizen or resident to see to it that every last one of your colleagues is to be killed. Killed.”
Nformangum is charged with a felony of Terroristic Threat, July 3, was released on a PR Bond. D.A.'s office confirmed w FOX 26 that because the 22yo failed to show up in court Fri he is now a wanted fugitive & there is an active warrant out for his arrest https://t.co/emIp2n61WN
— Crime Fighter (@houcrimefighter) July 8, 2022
Nformangum, who addressed Cruz by his complete name, Rafael Eduardo Cruz, was jailed soon after the message was left, however, he was released on bond on July 3. The district attorney’s office informed Fox 26 that since Nformangum failed to stand for a court hearing on Friday, he is now considered to be a fugitive. A warrant has actually been released for his arrest.
The message left at Cruz’s office was especially chilling, since the speaker threatened to come after Republican legislators at their houses.
“Be it by finding you in a public space or by trailing you to your very, by your very public homes,” the message said. “The addresses of which are public knowledge. You and every one of your colleagues is to be shot dead. Found and killed.”
Texas Prosecutors allege the contact number utilized to make that call was registered to a female with the surname Nformangum. Private investigators discovered an Instagram account coming from Isaac Nformangum that included a YouTube video with a recording of his voice which apparently matched the voice that left the risk.
“I believe the voice on the recording left on Senator Cruz’ voicemail is the same voice heard while watching the YouTube video on the Instagram account associated with Issac [sic] Ambe Nformangum,” a Harris County District Attorney’s Office investigator attested.
H/T The Daily Wire
