That photo used with the headline shows 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray's mother and grandfather at her funeral.
Jocelyn's mother was a child herself when she had Jocelyn at the age of 15. She said she fought hard to have and keep her baby. Jocelyn was much loved and cherished by her family. Now she is gone.
This horrible story centers around President Biden's border crisis. The open southern border puts the lives of Americans at risk. Some bad people are illegally entering our country and being allowed to remain here.
Young Jocelyn was sexually assaulted for two hours before two illegal aliens allegedly strangled her to death and tossed her body into a creek on the north side of Houston in an attempt to destroy DNA evidence. She was found naked from the waist down, her hands tied behind her back.
It is impossible to read about this crime without thinking about the horrors that little girl endured during the last hours of her life.
On Monday the Houston Forensic Science Center confirmed that Jocelyn was sexually assaulted during the attack. City sources told the local ABC News affiliate that the district attorney's office received the test results on Sunday.
The two illegal aliens, Johan Jose Martinez Rangel, 22, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, have been charged with capital murder. They remain in jail on $10M bond each. The men are not eligible for the death penalty in Texas because of Jocelyn's age. That would be possible if she was 10 or younger but she was 12. However, the results of the sexual assault test could make it a death penalty case.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said last week that if sexual assault was found the case would become a death penalty case. The state would be able to ask for no bond.
Booking photos in of the two suspects charged with capital murder.
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According to court docs, they lured the 12 year old under a bridge where they remained with her for over 2 hours, took her pants off, tied her up, and killed her and threw her body in the bayou. pic.twitter.com/vpjaPWkBD9
Texas officials have drafted Jocelyn's Law which would deny bail to capital murder suspects. Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick led the effort. He said he spoke with Alexis Nungaray about the bill to be named after her daughter after the child's funeral last week.
"Jocelyn’s family was shocked any bail was given in this case," Patrick wrote on X. "I told Jocelyn’s mom that the Texas Senate will pass bail reform once again and will not accept the House killing this legislation. It will be named after her daughter as ‘Jocelyn’s Law,’ so her daughter’s name will never be forgotten and will ensure capital murderers are not eligible for bail ever again."
Bail reform bills are a hot potato in state legislatures. It's true in Texas, too. Previous efforts have failed. Jocelyn's Law would allow Texans to vote for a constitutional amendment to automatically deny bail for those who are charged with capital murder.
"Jocelyn's murder is re-igniting this move to pass this constitutional amendment and we certainly hope it passes," Rania Mankarious, the CEO of Crime Stoppers of Houston, told Fox News Digital.
State Senator Joan Huffman, my district's Republican state senator, said that on the first day of the 2025 state Legislature's session that bills are allowed to be filed, she will file Jocelyn's Law. Hoffman's word is good and she is known as a successful legislator.
The Legislature is scheduled to convene on January 14, 2025.
No legislation will bring Jocelyn back but it will put in place a reform that needs to be made.
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