Prosecutors say two Venezuelan illegal immigrants accused of murdering 12-year-old Houston girl Jocelyn Nungaray lured her under a bridge, stripped her naked and assaulted her for two hours before killing her.
Johan Jose Martinez Rangel, 22, and Franklin Pena, 26 arrested Houston police were notified Thursday after Jocelyn’s body was discovered in shallow water last Monday morning, Breitbart News reported. report.
Jocelyn’s mother, Alexis Nungarei, said her daughter had snuck out of their apartment for unknown reasons on Sunday night, just hours before she was assaulted.
Evidence presented in court by Harris County prosecutors on Monday Accused According to Click2Houston, Peña and Martinez-Rangel walked Jocelyn from a 7-Eleven near their home to the bridge on West Rankin Road.
There, investigators allege Martinez-Rangel grabbed the girl around the neck, climbed on top of her and covered her mouth with his hand.
The immigrants then allegedly stripped the girl’s trousers and underwear, leaving her naked from the waist down, and assaulted her while tying her hands and feet.
The autopsy report, seen by the judge, listed Jocelyn’s cause of death as strangulation and also noted that she had slash wounds on her back.
Prosecutors allege that after the murder, Peña and Martinez-Rangel tried to scrape together money to leave town, and that Martinez-Rangel shaved his beard to avoid being identified.
Jocelyn’s body discovered According to a report from Click2Houston, the suspect was knocked to the ground by a driver just after 6 a.m. the following morning, leaving the woman naked from the waist down.
Both men illegally entered the U.S. southern border at El Paso. release Breitbart News reported that the Biden administration has allowed them into the country without bail.
Houston police have charged the two with murder. Said.
Ramos appeared in court on Monday and the judge hook up The $10 million was “double the amount sought by the prosecution and 10 times the amount sought by the defense,” the court said. New York Post.
“Our immigration system is broken, and if ever there was a case that reflects that, it’s this one,” Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said at a news conference after the hearing.
Alexis Nungarei also spoke alongside Ogg, saying her daughter had a bright future before it was tragically taken from her.
“She was amazing and I still have her face in the back of my mind every day, all day. I continue to have little signs of her every day and it has been a very, very difficult time for me and my family,” the grieving mother said.
