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Brother of Kendra Hatcher Reacts To Suspect Arrest

A day after learning Brenda Delgado had been arrested, Neil Hatcher, the brother of slain Dallas dentist Kendra Hatcher, told NBC 5 Delgado's capture provides his family some relief.

"After I heard that she had been captured, the weight of the world came off my shoulders," Hatcher said. "People have ill thoughts. People think bad things, but most people don't act on them and then run away from it when you're in the spotlight for it."

Delgado was indicted for capital murder last fall in the death of Kendra Hatcher. Investigators believe Delgado, who allegedly dated Hatcher's boyfriend, planned Hatcher's murder and hired people to carry it out.

"We loved her so much. She (Delgado) took our family away," said Hatcher's former co-worker, Ariel Ramirez. "She can rot in jail everyday and think about what she did."

Brenda Delgado, 33, was being held at a Mexico City prison, the Mexican Attorney General's Office said Friday. She faces charges of capital murder and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in connection with the September death of Dr. Kendra Hatcher, a dentist.

Hatcher, 35, was gunned down in the parking garage of her Dallas apartment complex. Prosecutors allege that Delgado hired two accomplices -- one of them the gunman -- to carry out the hit. Both alleged accomplices are in custody.

Investigators say Delgado was jealous because Hatcher was dating her ex-boyfriend and had recently been introduced to his parents.

The boyfriend had dated Delgado for about two years before his relationship with Hatcher.

Hatcher's brother does not think mental illness was involved in the killing.

"I don't she's [Delgado] crazy," said Hatcher. "I don't think she's anything different than the rest of us. It's just.. she's evil..."

Delgado was captured Friday in the city of Torreon, in north central Mexico, according to the office of the Mexico attorney general.

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