In our Breaking Bond report, we were the first to tell you about a judge lowering a capital murder suspect's $250,000 bond to just $50,000 who went on to allegedly kill a Texas Southern University student.
report, we were the first to tell you about a judge lowering a capital murder suspect’s $250,000 bond to just $50,000 who went on to allegedly kill a Texas Southern University student. The daughter of that victim spoke with FOX 26, who says she was shocked to learn he's back on the streets.
"The day that he passed away the way that he passed something broke inside me that nobody can ever put back together," said Ena Jeter.Judge lowers 20-year-old capital murder defendant's bond to $50,000; now he's accused of killing someone elseIn June 2018, a then 17-year-old Jonathan Vera was charged with Capital Murder with a bond was set at $250,000. Then in March 2021, 351st Criminal District Court Judge Natalia Cornelio lowered Vera's bond to just $50,000.
"We didn't even know that he was out on bond our family just found out this past Wednesday that he got out on bond, and we found out he killed someone else while he was on bond, we were shocked angry," Jeter said.FOX 26 Anchor Jonathan Martin talks with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner about Houston's $44 million initiative to fight crime.
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