Prosecutors searching for demise penalty for unlawful migrants accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray

Prosecutors in Texas are searching for the demise penalty for 2 unlawful migrants from Venezuela who’re accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in June. 

Franklin Pena, 26, and Johan Martinez-Rangel, 22, had been indicted in September on capital homicide fees in reference to Nungaray’s homicide. Paperwork say Pena and Rangel kidnapped Nungaray and precipitated her demise by making use of stress to her neck. The 2 are additionally accused of sexually assaulting her earlier than leaving her physique underneath a bridge. 

Harris County District Lawyer Kim Ogg advised Fox and Buddies on Friday her workplace is now searching for the demise penalty for the pair. 

It is a breaking information story and will likely be up to date. 

Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, was discovered strangled to demise in a Houston creek in June of this yr.  (Fox Houston courtesy of the Nungaray household)