Officials with TDCJ did not say why Armstrong was transferred again after just one week in Tennessee Colony. It's unclear if the Byrd Unit will become his permanent home.
ABC13's Courtney Fischer takes you inside the AJ Armstrong case seven years after the murders of Dawn and Antonio Armstrong.A.J. Armstrong has been transferred to a third prison in less than two weeks following his conviction for the murder of his parents in 2016.
Last Thursday, the 23-year-old was transferred to the Byrd Unit in Huntsville, Texas Department of Criminal Justice records show.AJ Armstrong now housed at east Texas prison after initial transfer to TDCJ's Garza Unit He was previously in the George Beto Unit in Tennessee Colony, where he was transferred on Saturday, Sept. 23. Before that, he was placed in the Garza West Unit in Beeville after spending about a month at the Harris County Jail following his conviction.
Officials with TDCJ did not say why Armstrong was transferred again after just one week in Tennessee Colony.The Byrd Unit's capacity is 1,341 inmates, according to TDCJ. It's unclear how many inmates are currently in the facility., Dawn and Antonio Armstrong Sr., when he was 16 years old.Last month, Armstrong's attorney, Patrick McCann, filed a, citing a slew of mishaps occurring before the final verdict, which warrants another trial.
The motion claims there was an issue with a key witness named Officer Celestina Rossi, who is a blood spatter expert. Rossi was the woman who found the blood sample on Armstrong's T-shirt inside the crime lab, according to court documents.Additionally, the motion states there was an alternative theory regarding who could have murdered Armstrong's parents that was conferred outside of the presence of a jury that should've been permitted into evidence.
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