GUILTY TX - Josefina Lugo, 68, Mission, August 2008

[hoppyfrog]

http://www.star-telegram.com/448/story/1229512.html

27 Feb 09

A skull found in a Willacy County canal this month matches the dental records of an elderly Mission woman missing since August.

Investigators are awaiting DNA analysis of the skeletal remains, but Hidalgo County Assistant Distant Attorney Michelle Puig told The McAllen Monitor Friday that the dental records match Josefina Lugo.

"It's her," Puig said. "But we want to make absolutely sure."

Lugo, 68, disappeared as she prepared to leave her husband, Pedro Lugo.

He and her stepson, Javier Lugo, are charged with her murder. A severed arm found in a canal in Willacy County last fall also matched Josefina Lugo.

 

[OkieGranny]

From June 2009:

http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=310386#.VYFFwYv8FWY

The capital murder trial for Pedro Lugo was scheduled to resume on Tuesday monring when things took the dramatic turn.

Lugo pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife Josefina Lugo and immediately received a 50-year prison sentence. Lugo's son, Javier, was also accused in the cover-up and death his stepmother. Javier Lugo followed his father and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge where he was given 10 years probation...

A worker conducting surverys for Hurricane Dolly damage found her arm in Willacy County but authorities never found the rest of her body.