Prosecutors in Texas are searching for the dying penalty for 2 unlawful migrants from Venezuela who’re accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in June.
Franklin Pena, 26, and Johan Martinez-Rangel, 22, had been indicted in September on capital homicide prices in reference to Nungaray’s homicide. Paperwork say Pena and Rangel kidnapped Nungaray and triggered her dying by making use of stress to her neck. The 2 are additionally accused of sexually assaulting her earlier than leaving her physique beneath a bridge.
Harris County District Lawyer Kim Ogg advised Fox and Pals on Friday her workplace is now searching for the dying penalty for the pair.
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Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, was discovered strangled to dying in a Houston creek in June of this yr. (Fox Houston courtesy of the Nungaray household)
