GUILTY TX - David Rivas Morales, 40, beaten to death, Austin, 20 June 2007

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AUSTIN, Texas — Police pleaded for witnesses who saw an angry mob fatally attack a man in a car that struck and injured a toddler.
Police said Thursday they had no additional information in the investigation into the death of David Rivas Morales, who had been defending the driver from a crowd beating.
Morales, 40, was riding in a car that entered an apartment complex parking lot Tuesday and struck 2-year-old Michael Hosea Jr., police said. The boy was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jun21/0,4670,CrashAssault,00.html

 

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http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/latest_news/article_63dc1d52-b01e-5d93-bb3c-c8b7b3fd51df.html

A judge accepted a Travis County jury's recommendation and sentenced ex-Golden Gloves boxer Kurtis Colvin today to 10 years' probation for a fatal beating.

The 22-year-old fighter was convicted Oct. 22nd for his role in the beating of 40-year-old David Rivas Morales...

A 16-year-old boy who also punched Morales admitted to manslaughter in juvenile proceedings and received eight years of probation.