Juan David Ortiz's fate is in the hands of a jury. The former Border Patrol agent is accused of killing four women in 2018.
but he also expressed disdain for sex workers, referring to them as “trash” and “so dirty" and telling investigators he wanted to “clean up the streets.”
In closing statements, defense attorneys said Ortiz’s confession should not be considered because he was improperly induced to give it, and said at one point he didn’t want to talk. Defense attorney Joel Perez argued that Ortiz, a Navy veteran, was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from a deployment to Iraq, had been suffering from insomnia, nightmares and headaches, and was medicated and had been drinking that night.
Ortiz’s arrest was set in motion when a woman fled from him after he pointed a gun at her in his truck at a gas station. As Erika Pena ran to a state trooper who was refueling his vehicle, Ortiz fled. Authorities tracked Ortiz to a hotel parking garage in the early hours of Sept. 15, 2018, and he was arrested. During the confession, Ortiz described killing Cantu and Janelle Ortiz just hours earlier. An investigator testified it wasn't until his confession that they learned about the slaying of Janelle Ortiz.
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