Judge sets $10 million bond for second Venezuelan man accused of killing a 12-year-old Houston girl
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A second Venezuelan man living in the U.S. illegally and accused of killing a 12-year-old Houston girl was ordered on Tuesday to be held on a $10 million bond.
A second Venezuelan man living in the US illegally and accused of killing a 12-year-old Houston girl was ordered on Tuesday to be held on a $10 million bond. Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, is one of two men charged with capital murder in Jocelyn Nungaray’s death. The other is Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, 26. State District Judge Josh Hill set the bond during a court hearing in which prosecutors said authorities found evidence on Martinez-Rangel’s cell phone that they allege showed he was trying to leave the country after police were looking for him following Jocelyn’s death. Mario Madrid, a court-appointed attorney for Martinez-Rangel, did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment. During a court hearing Monday, Hill also ordered that Peña be held on a $10 million bond. Jocelyn’s body was found June 17 in a shallow creek after police said she sneaked out of her nearby home the prior night. She was strangled to death, according to the medical examiner. Prosecutors allege the men took off her pants, tied her up and killed her before throwing her body in the bayou.
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