A mother convicted for the death of her 2-year-old daughter admitted culpability, but...
Family and friends of Melissa Lucio chant"Watch The Film" on the steps of the Cameron County Courthouse Administrative entrance in Brownsville, Texas, on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. The film by Sabrina Van Tassel titled"The State of Texas vs. Melissa" explores the story of Lucio's murder conviction for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah. A Cameron County, Texas jury found Lucio guilty of capital murder in 2008.
Lucio was charged with capital murder in the 2007 death of her then-youngest daughter, Mariah, at the family’s Harlingen home. She was pregnant with twins at the time. Lucio, a 52-year-old mother of 14, would be the first Latina put to death in Texas in the modern era and the first woman in nearly a decade in the state.
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