Is Christmas Day flasher the same person who killed Esme Barrera?

Similar? The Christmas Day flasher composite sketch and the sketch of Esme Barrera's killer.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Detectives with the Austin Sex Crimes Unit are looking for the public’s help in identifying the man in an indecent exposure case that occurred on Christmas Day.

The scene is approximately 12 blocks East of where 29-year-old Esme Barrera was murdered on New Year’s Day. Austin Police have not made any connection between the two cases, but the suspect descriptions and the composite sketches in each case are very similar.

Police aren’t releasing many details about the flasher case other than the incident happened in the 300 block of East 31st Street at around 5 p.m. on Christmas Day.

austin flasher Is Christmas Day flasher the same person who killed Esme Barrera?

The composite police sketch of the Christmas Day flasher and the shirt he may have been wearing.

Christmas Day flasher description	New Year’s Day killer description
Black male 20’s to 30’s years of age 6 feet tall with broad shoulders Short hair No facial hair Wearing a white polo style shirt New looking (baggy) blue jeans.	Black Male Aged 30 to 40 Approximately 6’, Muscular build Large dark brown eyes Last seen wearing a grey hooded Jacket over dark-colored T-shirt and blue jeans