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The second of the 2 unlawful immigrant suspects accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray after which dumping her physique in a bayou in Houston final week had his bail set Tuesday for $10 million throughout an emotional courtroom listening to by which he was known as a “assassin” by a lady within the gallery.
Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, appeared in Harris County Felony Courtroom simply hours after District Lawyer Kim Ogg instructed Fox Information that “the proof is evident {that a} sexual assault doubtless occurred” within the capital homicide case. Co-defendant Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, 26, had his bail set at $10 million on Monday.
Throughout Tuesday’s listening to, a lady yelled in Spanish “assassin” a number of occasions. When requested to depart, she yelled, “I would like him to see my face,” in keeping with Fox Information Correspondent Nate Foy. Nungaray’s mom, Alexis Nungaray, who has known as the suspects “monsters,” stared at Martinez-Rangel as he left the courtroom.
“At his arrest, he had a chew mark on his arm and scratch marks on his arms,” Harris County Assistant District Lawyer Megan Lengthy revealed on Tuesday following the listening to. “He did say that he did tie her up, and that he instructed that they throw her into the bayou to do away with any DNA.”
‘EVIDENCE IS CLEAR THAT A SEXUAL ASSAULT LIKELY HAPPENED,’ PROSECUTOR SAYS
Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, left, and Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel have been charged within the killing of Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston on Monday, June 17. (Harris County Jail)
“We have now gotten into Martinez-Rangel’s telephone and located proof that he was trying to find methods to depart the nation as soon as his picture was launched to the media,” Lengthy additionally mentioned.
Martinez-Rangel was instructed by a decide that if he posts bail, he should put on a GPS monitor, stay beneath fixed home arrest in Harris County and don’t have any contact with fellow suspect Peña Ramos or Nungaray’s household, amongst different restrictions. The decide mentioned any violation may doubtlessly land him again in state custody. Peña Ramos was given the identical restrictions on Monday.
Ogg instructed Fox Information’ “America’s Newsroom” earlier that issues of each suspects being a flight threat led to the excessive bail quantity.
“The proof is evident {that a} sexual assault doubtless occurred. However since neither defendant has really admitted that, circumstantial proof must show it,” she mentioned. “We’re ready on lab checks now to see if the capital homicide cost could be upgraded to 1 the place they’re demise penalty eligible.”
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING JOCELYN NUNGARAY WORE ICE ANKLE MONITOR
Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, was discovered strangled to demise in a Houston creek this week. (Fox Houston courtesy of the Nungaray household)
Ogg described the case as “horrific,” saying that “Jocelyn’s final moments have been unspeakable.”
“She endured assault for a number of hours. This was just a little woman who slipped out of her home to name her boyfriend, a 13-year-old, was seen by two immigrants who had been consuming all afternoon. They picked her up, most likely asking for instructions, and he or she was harmless,” Ogg added. “She walked off with them. We see footage from native shops that present they lured her beneath a bridge close to a Houston bayou the place they attacked her, strangled her and dragged her physique into the water.”
In the course of the courtroom look Monday for Peña Ramos, it was revealed that he was carrying an ankle monitor on the time he allegedly murdered Nungaray that was supplied to him when he was arrested by Border Patrol brokers after coming into the nation illegally and being launched from custody.
A video picture of Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, 26, and a picture of Jocelyn Nungaray. (Houston Police Division; Fox Houston Courtesy of the Nungaray household)
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement instructed Fox Information in a press release Friday that he “illegally entered the U.S. with out inspection, parole or admission by a U.S. immigration officer on an unknown date and at an unknown location.”
Fox Information’ Michael Lee and Nate Foy contributed to this report.
