Jocelyn Nungaray’s heartsick family heard how the young girl fought with her dying breath as migrants raped and strangled her.
Jocelyn Nungaray’s body was found floating in a creek near her Houston home after she was lured under a bridge and sexually assaulted for two hours by Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26.
The two migrants who are from Venezuela crossed into Texas in late May despite being intercepted by border agents, and were charged last week with capital murder.
During dramatic court scenes, one of Jocelyn’s family members shouted ‘Murderer,’ to Rangel-Martinez, who has two children ages 5 and 2, Click2 Houston reported.
She said in Spanish: ‘I hope they kill your children,’ as the shackled Rangel-Martinez walked out of the Harris County courtroom.
Alexis Nungaray, Jocelyn’s mother, pictured center, with other heartsick family members during a news conference on Monday after one of the accused, Franklin Pena appeared in court Monday
Jocelyn, 12, was lured under a Houston bridge last week and sexually assaulted for two hours before she was strangled to death by two illegal migrants
Franklin Pena, one of the two men accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, is led out of the courtroom after bail was set for $10 million
Rangel Martinez still had the marks Jocelyn left on him when he was arrested, Assistant District Attorney Megan Long said in court.
Long said, Pena Ramos told cops he tried to convince Rangel Martinez to stop but he allegedly refused and climbed on top of the girl and strangled her.