2002 East End murders

Na 2002, mpụ metụtara ogbugbu nke ụmụ nwanyị abụọ na otu nwa agbọghọ dị afọ iri na ụma mere na mpaghara East End nke Houston, Texas.[1] Ndị mere ihe atọ ahụ bụ ụmụ nwoke abụọ toro eto na otu nwa nwoke dị afọ iri na ụma: Edgardo Rafael Cubas Matamoros[2] (amuru Febụwarị 7, 1979), [3] bụ nwa amaala Honduran;[4] Walter Alexander Sorto (amuru August 10, 1977), [5] ] nwa amaala Salvadoran; [4] na Eduardo Navarro, [3] nwa nwoke dị afọ 15 n'oge mpụ.^[1]

Otu onye ihe metụtara, Esmeralda Alvarado dị afọ 15, bụ nwa akwụkwọ klas nke iri (sophomore) na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Lamar.[1] Alvarado, nwa agbọghọ Hispanic, [2] bi na East End. Na Jenụwarị 18, 2002, ọ kwụsịrị mgbe ọ hapụsịrị ụlọ enyi ya nwoke.[3] Ndị omempụ atọ ahụ tọọrọ, dinaa, ma gbuo Alvarado;[4] gbagburu ya n'isi.[2] A na-etinye ahụ ya n'ọhịa, [3] na mpaghara mmepụta ihe na ngọngọ nke 18000 Market Street. Achọpụtara ozu ya na Tuzdee Jenụwarị 22, 2002. ^[2]

Ndị ọzọ e gburu egbu, Roxana Aracelie Capulin dị afọ 24 na Maria Moreno Rangel dị afọ 38, bụ ndị na-echere, [1] na-arụ ọrụ na ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ El Mirador, ụlọ ọrụ East End nke ezinụlọ Capulin nwetara na 1994. Ezinụlọ Capulin esiwo na ya kwaga. El Salvador [2] Na Mee 31, 2002, ụmụ nwanyị abụọ ahụ furu efu ma na Julaị 1, [3] ka achọtara ozu ha n'ụgbọ Capulin.[4] A gbagburu ha ma were teepu kpuchie anya na ọnụ ha.^[3]

  Cubas, Onye mbịarambịa iwu na-akwadoghị, ^[4] sitere na mpaghara San Miguel nke Tegucigalpa, Honduras ma rụọ ọrụ na ụlọ ahịa dị na Comayagüela. ^[5] Ọ hapụrụ obodo ya n'afọ 2000.^[6] Cubas nwere nwunye iwu obodo si Houston, nna ya bikwa na Houston. Cubas kwadoro onwe ya site n'ịsacha ọfịs na itinye ihe mkpuchi.^[7] O nweghị akụkọ mpụ n'oge gara aga.^[8]

Sorto, onye kwagara mba ọzọ n'ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị, ^[4] ka a mara ikpe maka ibu ngwá agha n'ụzọ na-akighị ezi na 1999 na maka iji ngwá agha na-egbu egbu na-apụnara mmadụ ihe. A mara ya ikpe ịga mkpọrọ ụbọchị iri maka onye nke mbụ, maka nke ikpeazụ, a mara ya ikpe nnwale afọ iri na Disemba 2000. Sorto lụrụ di ma mụọ ụmụ.^[8]

E debara aha nwata nwoke ahụ n'akwụkwọ na Daniel Ortiz Jr. Middle School dị ka nwa akwụkwọ nke asatọ tupu e jide ya.^[8]

Sorto banyere n'ụlọ ọrụ ndị uwe ojii na-anwa inweta ụgwọ ọrụ maka idozi mpụ ahụ. Ọ kwupụtara na ya mere mpụ mgbe e jidere ya.^[1] N'ụbọchị e jidere Sorto, e jidere nwata nwoke ahụ dị afọ iri na ụma n'ụlọ ya. E jidere Cubas mgbe ọ na-arụ ọrụ n'ebe a na-ewu ihe na Tomball, Texas.^[8] Gilberto Villarreal, otu n'ime ndị ọka iwu Cubas, kwuru na na mgbakwunye na Alvarado, Cubas kwupụtakwara igbu Capulin.^[7]

Ndị ọkàiwu chọrọ ntaramahụhụ ọnwụ maka Sorto na Cubas. Navarro erubeghị afọ iri na asatọ n'oge mpụ ahụ, ya mere, erughị eru maka ntaramahụhụ ọnwụ. Navarro jere ozi dị ka onye ọkwọ ụgbọala na-agba ọsọ n'oge ọnwụ Capulin na Rangel. ^[1] A ga-ekpe ya ikpe mgbe ọ bụ okenye.^[9] N'afọ 2004, Navarro kwetara na ikpe mara ya maka ịpụnara mmadụ ihe n'ụzọ siri ike na nkwekọrịta mkpesa ma maa ya ikpe ịga mkpọrọ afọ 13.^[10]

N'ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 2003, a mara Sorto ikpe ọnwụ maka ogbugbu Capulin na Rangel.^[7]

Frances "Poppy" Northcutt na Villarreal bụ ndị ọkàiwu na-agbachitere Cubas. ^[9] N'oge ikpe ya, asaa n'ime ndị ikwu Cubas gara Houston iji nye akaebe; ha bụ ndị bi na Honduras. A mara Cubas ikpe maka ogbugbu Alvarado na Mee 10, 2004. A mara ya ikpe ọnwụ na Mee 22, 2004, mgbe ndị ọka ikpe tụgharịrị uche maka awa abụọ na ọkara.^[7]

A na-edebe ndị mkpọrọ nwoke nọ n'ọnụ ọnwụ na Texas na Polunsky Unit na West Livingston . ^[11]

E bu ụzọ hazie igbu Cubas na Jenụwarị 16, 2014, mana a kagburu ụbọchị a ga-egbu ya.^[12]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Teachey, Lisa. "Teen linked to East End slayings indicted", Houston Chronicle, 2003-02-18. Retrieved on 2017-05-23.
2. ↑ Hegstrom, Edward. "Mother suspects victim knew her killer", Houston Chronicle, 2002-01-28. Retrieved on 2017-05-23.
3. ↑ O'Hare, Peggy. "6 weeks later, leads few in case of slain waitresses", Houston Chronicle, 2002-07-12. Retrieved on 2017-05-24.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ura, Alexa. "Twelve Texas Death Row Inmates Were Undocumented", Texas Tribune, 2016-02-21. Retrieved on 2017-05-24.
5. ↑ Mendez, Marilyn (2013-09-03). "Llevo ocho años pensando en la muerte". La Prensa (Honduras). Archived from the original on 2017-05-23. Retrieved on 2017-05-23. ““Vivía en la colonia San Miguel. Desde muy joven trabajé en un centro comercial en Comayagüela. ¿De dónde es usted?”, me pregunta. “Vivo en Tegucigalpa, ¿te acordás de Tegucigalpa?”, le pregunto para evitar que pierda el hilo de la conversación[...]”
6. ↑ Unos 15 días de vida le quedan a hondureño condenado a muerte. La Tribuna (2014-05-12). Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved on 2017-08-16. “El hondureño viajó en calidad de mojado desde la colonia San Miguel en Tegucigalpa en el año 2000,[...]”
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Sallee, Rad. "Man gets death in East End killing", Houston Chronicle, 2004-05-22. Retrieved on 2017-05-23. - Abbreviated version, titled: "Honduran man gets death in Houston slaying", published in the Plainview Daily Herald
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Lezon, Dale. "Emotional families see East End suspects in court", Houston Chronicle, 2002-08-23. Retrieved on 2017-05-24.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Tilghman, Andrew. "Details of slaying come out in court", Houston Chronicle, 2004-05-04. Retrieved on 2017-05-23.
10. ↑ "Teen gets 13 years in '02 rape-slayings", Chron.
11. ↑ Death Row Facts. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on 2024-09-25.
12. ↑ Suspenden ejecución del hondureño Edgardo Cubas en Estados Unidos. La Prensa (Honduras) (2014-05-19). Retrieved on 2017-05-23.