Packed suitcases were found during the arrests of two illegal aliens charged in the death of an Air Force cadet candidate over the weekend. 

Over Memorial Day weekend, 18-year-old Ava Moore was killed while kayaking on Lake Grapevine in Texas after she was hit by a jet ski. 

The suspected driver of the jet ski and a man who allegedly helped her flee, both illegal aliens from Venezuela, were arrested in Dallas Tuesday. 

Daikerlyn Alejandraa Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 22, was charged with second-degree manslaughter, a felony.

At a news conference Wednesday, Joshua Johnson, acting field director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Emergency Removal Operations in Dallas, first confirmed the pair were present in the United States illegally. 

“It’s my understanding that both the individuals crossed the southern border in 2023 or 2024,” Johnson said. “They were arrested at the time of entry, processed on a notice to appear and then released on their own recognizance.”

He said ICE filed detainers for the suspects, and they will be processed for removal after criminal proceedings are concluded in Texas.

Moore was remembered as a star basketball player whose lifelong dream was to be a four-star general in the military, according to her coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School in Colorado. 

“You know, we talked throughout the course of the year that, at some point in her career, she was going to be a four-star general because she loved it,” Ke’sha Blanton told FOX 4. “She made those around her better.

“They took a bright, bright star from our lives.” 

Moore was scheduled to begin as an Air Force cadet in the upcoming weeks and was part of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Class of 2029, the school confirmed.