US prosecutors filed capital homicide expenses Friday in opposition to two males suspected of killing a 12-year-old Houston woman whose physique was present in a creek after she disappeared throughout a stroll to a comfort retailer.
The charging paperwork filed in Harris County, Texas, courtroom don’t checklist attorneys who might converse on behalf of Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, each jailed within the dying of Jocelyn Nungaray.
The woman’s physique was discovered Monday in a shallow creek after police stated she sneaked out of her close by residence the evening earlier than. The health worker has decided that her reason behind dying was strangulation.
Police arrested Martinez and Ramos, who investigators stated have been roommates, on Thursday. Police stated surveillance video confirmed two males approaching Jocelyn earlier than strolling to a Houston comfort retailer along with her. The three then walked collectively to a bridge, the place Jocelyn was killed, police stated.
Performing Houston Police Chief Larry Satterwhite stated investigators had scoured “each potential video feed” to establish the suspects.
“They have been speaking to everybody potential that may have seen one thing or heard one thing. And their arduous work paid off,” Satterwhite stated at a information convention Thursday.
The 2 males are Venezuelan nationals who entered america illegally in March, in accordance with an announcement Friday from the US Division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Martinez was arrested March 14 and Pena on March 28, each by US Border Patrol close to El Paso, Texas, about 670 miles (1078 kilometres) from Houston, the assertion stated. Each have been then launched with orders to seem in courtroom at a later date. How they travelled to Houston has not been revealed.
In accordance with courtroom paperwork filed Friday, the suspects allegedly lured the woman below a bridge and remained along with her there for greater than two hours. They allegedly took off her pants, tied her up and killed her earlier than throwing her physique within the bayou, a Harris County prosecutor wrote in a courtroom submitting.
Police stated the outcomes of a sexual assault examination on the sufferer are pending.
It was not recognized if Jocelyn knew the boys, police stated. The woman’s mom, Alexis Nungaray, informed KRIV-TV that she doesn’t recognise them. Earlier this week, Houston Mayor John Whitmire stated the woman had been speaking on the telephone along with her teenage boyfriend after she had snuck out of her home, and he might hear males within the background.
“There’s lots of loopy individuals on the market, and simply by taking a look at them, you by no means actually might know,” Nungaray stated. “My child didn’t deserve this in any respect.”
Nungaray informed KPRC-TV she needs to see justice for her daughter.
“I need karma to hit them. I’m offended. They took benefit of her. She’s so younger,” Nungaray stated. “They took away my first born.”
