A 12 year-old Texas miss was raped earlier being murdered by 2 amerciable immigrants, constabulary say.
Jocelyn Nungaray suffered a enactment onslaught anterior to her sidesplitting past month, the medical examiner successful Houston confirmed 2 weeks aft her slaying.
Houston prosecutors person been awaiting forensic grounds of a intersexual battle since a 2nd crime on apical of execution would marque the 2 Venezuelan men accused of sidesplitting her eligible for the decease penalty.
Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, and Franklin Pena, 26 are charged with superior execution successful Nungaray's death.
They accused of luring the miss underneath a span wherever they stayed with her for 2 hours earlier the men emerged alone.
Her assemblage was recovered the adjacent greeting aft she had been strangled, bound and thrown successful a bayou. She was bare from the waist down.
The men met Jocelyn, who had snuck retired of her location connected June 16, arsenic she was walking to a 7-11 astir 10 p.m. June 16.
The men walked to the store with her and aboriginal nether the bridge. Investigators person yet to accidental which of the men they judge raped Nungaray earlier her death.
Investigators accidental 2 Venezuelan men lured Jocelyn from a 7-11 underneath a span wherever they strangled her and apt raped her June 16
Although the men were charged with superior murder-- which would usually marque a fishy eligible for the decease punishment successful Texas-- it did not successful this case.
In the Lone Star State, a superior execution complaint usually means a idiosyncratic murdered idiosyncratic other portion committing a 2nd crime.
Some years ago, 'capital murder' was expanded successful Texas to see the execution of a kid betwixt 10 and 15, adjacent if nary different transgression was committed.
In bid to get the instrumentality passed, legislators stripped the decease punishment constituent for 10-15 year-olds.
For execution victims successful that property range, a fishy indispensable beryllium accused successful a 2nd transgression successful bid to suffice for lethal injection.
Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, 1 of the 2 men accused of sidesplitting 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, is led retired of the courtroom connected Monday. His bail was acceptable for $10 million
Johan Jose Rangel-Martinez, 21, 1 of the 2 men accused of sidesplitting 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray
In Jocelyn's case, prosecutors did not initially person impervious that a 2nd transgression was committed against her.
They couldn't adjacent complaint the suspects with kidnapping-- arsenic the miss was seen successful surveillance video consenting leaving with the 2 men.
Since past week, Houston District Attorney Kim Ogg said she was waiting for laboratory tests that could marque Pena and Martinez eligible for superior punishment.
'Should those tests nutrient grounds that would enactment a complaint of intersexual battle oregon should different grounds beryllium brought guardant that supports a complaint of kidnapping, some underlying offenses would this superior execution and these individuals decease punishment eligible,' Ogg explained successful a press league past week.
Johan Jose Rangel-Martinez, 21, 1 of the 2 men accused of sidesplitting 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, is led from the courtroom by deputies connected Tuesday
Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, 1 of the 2 men accused of sidesplitting 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, is led retired of the courtroom connected Monday. His bail was acceptable for $10 million
One of the suspects has pinned the blasted the girl's decease connected Martinez.
Pena told authorities helium asked Martinez to halt portion nether the bridge, it was revealed successful tribunal Monday morning, KTRK reported.
However, Martinez enactment his limb astir Jocelyn's cervix and covered her mouth.
Once she was dead, Martinez tied her up and told Pena to propulsion her successful the bayou to region immoderate DNA.
Both men are presently being held successful jailhouse with $10 cardinal bonds each.
First Lady of Texas Cecilia Abbott (center) stands with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick arsenic they code the different of Jocelyn Nungaryay astatine her ceremonial successful Houston Thursday
Nungaryay's large aunt Julie looks implicit astatine the girl's casket and says, 'We volition get them and they volition get what they deserve,' of her loved one's killers
A 3rd antheral who concisely lived with the 2 suspects was the 1 who ratted them retired to the cops.
The unnamed roommate claims helium had lone lived with the 2 men for a substance of days erstwhile helium ate meal with the accused killers connected June 16 astatine a edifice called 'Ojos Locos' -- oregon 'crazy eyes' successful Spanish, according to Fox 26.
Two days aft the murder, arsenic Houston constabulary led a full-fledged manhunt for Nungaray's killers, the tipster was watching TV with Martinez and Peña erstwhile their photos flashed connected the screen.
The roommate 'tried not to react', arsenic helium wasn't adjacent definite it was them.
Through a household member, the roommate contacted investigators who were capable to apprehension them.
Last week, hundreds attended a ceremonial for 'Jocey,' arsenic she was laid to remainder successful Houston.
The assemblage of Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old miss who was murdered successful Houston, Texas by 2 migrants from Venezuela, is carried to her last resting tract the time of her funeral
The costs of her ceremonial were paid for by a section businessman, aft the household expressed they could not screen the costs themselves
Jocelyn Nungaray's mother, pictured halfway successful sunglasses looking down adjacent to a small boy, did not talk astatine her daughter's service
'Today is the past time I volition get to physically spot you and conscionable interaction you 1 much time,' Julie choked backmost tears.
'We volition spot you again-- I promise.'
The young miss was remembered by her nickname, 'Jocey-' who loved to work phantasy books, particularly Harry Potter.
Her hour-long ceremonial was unfastened to the nationalist and was attended by the First Lady Cecilia Abbott of Texas and the state's lieutenant governor.
They sat up beforehand and knelt by the girl's parent during the extremity of the service, offering comfort.
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