GUILTY AZ - Angel Jaquez, 27, & son Xavier, 6, shot to death, Phoenix, 13 Dec 2010

[SuziQ]

Dad was shot the day before so what does this mean?

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/regio...lice-identify-boy-found-dead-in-phoenix-alley
On Tuesday, police said there were obvious signs of trauma on the Xavier's body. A fire official said it appeared the boy had been dead for some time.

 

[JLMcKenna83]

How very sad. R.I.P Xavier & Angel :rose:

 

[SuziQ]

Bumping up for Xavier and Angel. I see nothing new being reported this morning.

 

[Texas Mist]

Booked into jail on a drug warrant

Updated: Thursday, 16 Dec 2010, 5:14 PM MST
Published : Thursday, 16 Dec 2010, 4:45 PM MST

PHOENIX - There is new information on the investigation involving a 6-year-old found murdered in an alley earlier this week.

Police have confirmed Xavier Jaquez's 19-year-old uncle is a suspect in the case.

Christopher Licon has been booked into jail on a warrant for outstanding drug charges. He hasn't been charged with murder, but is considered a person of interest.

more here

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/crime/victims-uncle-a-suspect-in-homicides-12-16-2010

What a horrible thing - to think he killed his nephew - a little 6yo boy....how could he look at Xavier & do that? Or stand by while someone else did it?

 

[Texas Mist]

a few more details

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27-year-old Angel Jaquez dead at his apartment near 27th Street and Broadway Road Monday. Police say he was shot to death and the boy died in a "similar manner".
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Police said the pair were clearly targeted, but it is unclear why.

"We don't know the motive," said Crump.

more here

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/regio...dentified-in-murder-of-6-year-old-boy,-father

 

[Texas Mist]

PHOENIX - Phoenix police believe a 19-year-old man is to blame for the killing of his brother and nephew.

Christopher Licon faces two counts of first-degree murder, and more arrests may follow, as detectives piece the case together.

Authorities said Monday that they are recommending prosecutors charge him with one count of kidnapping too.
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"We believe that this 6-year-old was killed because of what he knew or because of what he had seen earlier in the day,” said Phoenix Police Sgt. Trent Crump.

more here

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/regio....-man-arrested-in-killings-of-brother,-nephew

 

[OkieGranny]

From April:

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news...ristopher-licon-trial-openings-abrk/25833579/

A defense attorney described the Phoenix man charged in the execution-style killings of his brother and 6-year-old nephew as an honor student on scholarship at Arizona State University before a series of events in 2010 left Christopher Licon mentally ill and capable of murder.

But prosecutors claim Licon, whose capital murder trial opened Wednesday in a downtown Phoenix courtroom, did not exhibit signs of mental illness but rather behaved like a calculated killer when he shot his brother, Angel Jaquez, on Dec. 13, 2010, and the following day killed his nephew, Xavier Daniel Jaquez...

Reckart says the state has a lot of evidence against Licon, including DNA matches and cell phone tower logs that put Licon in the area when both victims were shot.

From July 20:

http://www.12news.com/story/news/lo...n-accused-of-killing-brother-nephew/30388375/

The jury returns to a downtown Phoenix courtroom Monday to hear more testimony in the case of a Phoenix man accused of killing his brother and nephew...

Closing arguments could come on August 4.

 

[Dr. Know?]

On Maricopa County Superior Court docket link, Judge Sherry Stephens is the presiding over Licon's case. She was Jodi Arias' judge too, as many may remember. Haven't seen her name mentioned much in Licon's case via MSM. I remember the little boy being murdered & his father when checking up on JSS's court calendar during Jodi's trial.

http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/docket/CriminalCourtCases/Index.asp

 

[OkieGranny]

From last month:

http://www.abc15.com/news/region-ph...-set-for-man-in-killing-of-6-year-old-witness

In November, a jury spared Christopher Rey Licon from the death penalty.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens sentenced Licon to spend his natural life in prison plus 36.5 years.

In September, the jurors rejected Licon's defense claims of mental illness and convicted him of the first-degree murder of his nephew, Xavier Jaquez, and second-degree murder of the boy's father, Angel Jaquez. They also found Licon guilty of kidnapping, burglary and tampering with evidence.