The trial has started. KSAT 12 will be streaming the entire proceedings, from gavel to gavel. You can watch through the link below, on KSAT Plus or on KSAT's YouTube channel. (link in comments)
It was initially a death penalty case but the lead prosecutor on the case, Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz, recently took capital punishment off the table.
He said the victims’ families agreed to the change which would also shorten the trial from four weeks to about two weeks.Melissa Ramirez, Claudia Anne Luera, Griselda Cantu and Jannelle Ortiz were all found dead with gunshot wounds within weeks of each other off I-35, north of Laredo. Melissa Ramirez, Claudine Ann Luera, Humberto"Janelle" Ortiz and Guiselda Cantu were all killed in Webb Co.
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