TX - Maria Ezquerro, 23, murdered in her apartment, Dallas, 26 Nov 2018

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rbbm.imo, where he belongs at least then he will be unable to breed.
In Two Dallas Headline Criminal Cases, Justice Does Not Belong to Victims
Dec 27 2018
"A 15-year-old male is under lock and key in a Dallas juvenile detention center charged with the rapes of five women and the murder of one, awaiting a court hearing at which a judge may do what no one else has been able in 15 years — turn the kid into a responsible adult.

This would be the very narrowest definition of responsibility. He would not be responsible for becoming a decent human being or a productive member of society. If a judge certifies the 15-year-old defendant as an adult, he will be responsible only for the most heinous of his acts, which we hope are the rapes and the murder."

"By certifying him as an adult, the judge would take society off the hook. As an adult, the 15-year-old can be sentenced to prison for most of his adult life. There, he will receive scant help toward rehabilitation and learn most of his life lessons instead from fellow prisoners. In practical terms, sending him to prison is the equivalent of tossing him into a human landfill.

At least one thoughtful voice in the community is saying that’s exactly what he deserves. Sharon Grigsby, metro columnist for The Dallas Morning News, ushered in the Christmas holiday last week with a column strongly suggesting that the judge who must rule on this issue should opt for adult certification. Naming one of the victims, Grigsby wrote:

“While the hope is that juvenile offenders will wise up and straighten out, this case of a slaying and serial rapes doesn’t exude the characteristics of redemption and rehabilitation. We owe it to Maria Ezquerro’s memory to get this right.”
"If this person is guilty of what he’s accused of doing, using a gun to gain entry, raping five women and killing a woman, his rehabilitation is not easy to imagine."

 

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Dallas teen charged in series of rapes could be tried as an adult
"May 2, 2019
DALLAS — A Dallas County judge will determine whether a teenager accused in the death of a 23-year-old woman and a series of rapes should be tried as an adult.

A hearing is set for June 19 at the Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center.

The teen, who has not been identified because he's a juvenile, is charged in three Dallas rapes and is also a suspect in two sexual assaults in March and April 2018 in Bossier City, La.

The teen had been living in Dallas for several months before he was arrested in November. He was 15 at the time.

Police said DNA evidence also linked the teenager to the slaying of 23-year-old Maria Ezquerro, who was found dead Nov. 27 inside her apartment n the 5400 block of Peterson Lane near the Dallas Galleria."
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[ChrisM111]

Reading the 2nd article, it states neighbors heard arguing coming from the apartment. They then heard the man she was dating trying to get into the apartment as it was locked. Once he got inside, he found her not breathing.

I'm wondering if the murder happened during or just before her boyfriend was at the door. It's very unclear. Would the perp have been able to lock the door and escape from the apartment another way or did he leave the apartment locked and leave via the front door?

She was killed a couple of hours before I got there. Among other things he stole her keys and locked the door after himself. It was one of the first thing I noticed. Additionally he stole her laptop, which I'm sure yall already know, which is how I was able to track him.

 

[ChrisM111]

If this , poi is found guilty of the murder, what is the worst thing that could happen to him, what is the most likely thing that would happen, is the death penalty a possibility?

The death penalty is not an option. If tried and convicted as an adult he will likely receive life in prison, if tried as a juvenile he could be out by his 19th birthday, though that is unlikely.

 

[Razz]

The death penalty is not an option. If tried and convicted as an adult he will likely receive life in prison, if tried as a juvenile he could be out by his 19th birthday, though that is unlikely.

Why is the death penalty not an option? Texas is a death penalty state and the last execution in Texas was in Feb. of 2019.

Oldest Inmate Since Texas Resumed The Death Penalty Is Executed

 

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Family of Slain Dallas Woman Petitions for Adult Charges for Teen Rape Suspect
May 14 2019
Christian McPhate
"The last time Chris Mullins saw his girlfriend alive, she was leaving for work early on a Monday morning in late November 2018. Maria Ezquerro had recently returned home from visiting her parents in Mexico and spent the night with Mullins in Denton. Partially asleep, he walked her to the front door and gave her a kiss goodbye.

The next night, he would find her body at her apartment near the Galleria in Dallas. She had been strangled."

"A couple of months have passed since Mullins posted the petition online, and nearly 7,400 people out of the 7,500 sought have signed it. Mullins says the detective who investigated the case sent him a text and told him, “Good job with that petition.”

If the judge declines to approve the prosecutor's certification request, the Hillcrest student could still face the maximum punishment, if convicted. Karen Anders, assistant criminal district attorney in Denton County's juvenile division, says there are options available to Dallas County prosecutors if the Hillcrest student remains in juvenile court. They could seek a determinate sentence when he turns 18, which would mean he could be given a longer, fixed sentence and face a hearing at age 19 to determine whether he gets sent on to adult prison to serve it out.

If the judge approves it, the Hillcrest student will be treated as an adult. If he is convicted, he could receive the same punishment as an adult, excluding the death penalty and a mandatory life term without possibility of parole, according to the Texas Attorney General's 2018 Juvenile Handbook.

“We as a family are facing the unthinkable and in her memory we are trying to do our best,” Mara wrote in an early-May follow-up email to the Observer. “We hope this individual who is a predator is rightly judged so he doesn't harm another person ever as a serial rapist, a thief and a killer. (He) is not a boy.”

 

[modesty blaise]

Wow! 15 yrs old.

 

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Dallas teen charged in series of rapes could be tried as an adult

Dallas teen accused in series of rapes, slaying of 23-year-old woman will face trial as an adult | Crime | Dallas News

 

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Dallas teen charged in series of rapes could be tried as an adult

Dallas teen accused in series of rapes, slaying of 23-year-old woman will face trial as an adult | Crime | Dallas News

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July 24 2019
Boy Charged In Rape, Murder Of Dallas Woman Maria Ezquerro Will Be Tried As Adult
"DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A 16-year-old boy will be tried as an adult after being accused of raping and killing a Dallas woman when he was 15 years old, the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office confirmed.

Lenario Washington was charged in the capital murder of 23-year-old Maria Ezquerro after she was found dead in her apartment on Peterson Lane on Nov. 27, 2018.

Washington is also being charged in a string of sexual assaults that occurred at other Dallas apartments between September 2018 and the day Ezquerro was found dead.

Along with capital murder, Washington is also facing four counts of aggravated sexual assault, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of burglary with intent to commit aggravated assault".
Teen accused in rapes, slaying of Dallas woman remains in juvenile custody after certified as an adult
"The 16-year-old will likely not be moved to the adult Dallas County jail until he turns 17. His bail has been set at $8 million."

 

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https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/teen-accused-in-rapes-slaying-of-dallas-woman-will-face-trial-as-an-adult/287-2e04609d-58a3-432f-bd96-d1292ce3c89c
"It's a sad thing," said Juana Garcia, a friend of Ezquerro's family. "He's a very disturbed young man who did this atrocity. And very sad for Maria. She was really a beautiful person in and out and she didn't deserve that."

Photos posted on Washington's Instagram account around the time he was allegedly assaulting women show him smiling and flashing money."

"It's devilish," Garcia said of Washington's alleged crimes. "It's a way to describe it. Defies the imagination."
"Ezquerro's family and friends were emotional after the decision.

"We are happy detectives did an awesome job and the police were very good," said Maria Garcia, a family friend. "And we are happy."
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Teen accused in rapes, slaying of Dallas woman will face trial as an adult

A Dallas teen accused of multiple rapes will be tried as an adult in the 2018 murder of a 23-year-old woman.

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May 19, 2021

Teenage serial rapist/murderer pleads guilty

A former Hillcrest High School student who raped at least five women before he murdered one of his victims had pleaded guilty. Lenario Washington, now 18, was sentenced to 58-years in prison.

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''A former Hillcrest High School student who raped at least five women before he murdered one of his victims had pleaded guilty. Lenario Washington, now 18, was sentenced to 58-years in prison.

Washington was arrested in Nov. 2018 for the murder of Maria Ezquerro as she was texting her fiancé from her Galleria-area apartment. He had knocked on Ezquerro’s door asking for water when he pulled a gun and sexually assaulted her, court records say.

Police say DNA has tied Washington to at least five rapes in Dallas and the Bosier City LA area, all while he was age 15.

''The mother of Ezquerro’s fiancé says her son is still torn by the murder and is trying to move forward with his life.

Under the deal, Washington could be out of prison in 29 years. If he had been convicted of capital murder it would have been life without parole.''