Kidnapper, Rapist Who Planned To Sell Victim Gets 17 Years
A man who kidnapped, beat and raped a woman at gunpoint repeatedly is now behind bars.
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A man who kidnapped, beat and raped a woman at gunpoint repeatedly is now behind bars.
Yesenia Sesmas, 34, of Dallas, was being held in a Dallas jail on a Kansas warrant, with first-degree murder and kidnapping charges pending.
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Edis Moya Alas has been arrested and is currently being held on aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault of a child charges. He is in the United States illegally according to ICE.
Edis Moya Alas is now behind bars, accused of kidnapping a 6-year-old girl over the weekend. But police are still looking into why he targeted this particular child as they attempt to learn more about the suspect.
According to Fort Worth police, a man was arrested and charged with the aggravated kidnapping of a six-year-old girl who went missing early Saturday morning.
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Life in prison, that's the sentence the judge gave Enrique Arochi after a jury found him guilty of the aggravated kidnapping of Christina Morris.
The punishment for Enrique Arochi will not be decided by a jury. The convicted kidnapper on Tuesday morning waived his right to a jury sentencing, leaving his fate in the hands of the judge.
A man is still on the run this morning after going on a deadly crime spree across North Texas. Police say Silvestre Franco-Luviano is a murderer, carjacker and kidnapper and he's still on the run.
Before the verdict was read the judge gave strict instructions for people in the court room to respect the verdict, "there were to be no outburst or any, any reaction to the verdict." He ask those who could not abide by his rules to leave before the verdict was read.
Deliberations resumed today in the Enrique Arochi kidnapping trial. The 26-year-old is accused in connection with the disappearance of Christina Morris in 2014.
The judge excused one juror who became sick during deliberations and was replaced by an alternate.
After nearly two weeks of testimony, a jury will soon decide if Enrique Arochi is the person who kidnapped Christina Morris from a Plano parking garage more than two years ago.
Late Monday a Collin County Judge granted permission for a camera to be in the court room for closing arguments only.
Tearful testimony and a trip outside the courtroom made for dramatic moments in the Enrique Arochi trial Friday.
After nearly two weeks inside of a courtroom, the jury in Enrique Arochi's kidnapping trial walked outside on Friday. The suspect's car is a key piece of evidence in this case. Rather than just showing the jury some pictures of the vehicle, they saw it in person.
Prosecutors in Collin County continue to argue that Enrique Arochi is the man responsible for the sudden disappearance of Christina Morris more than two years ago. The high-profile kidnapping trial started last week in McKinney.
The second week of the Christina Morris kidnapping trial begins Monday, but it will likely be a shorter day than usual. One of the jurors has an important appointment in the afternoon.
The publicity surrounding the kidnapping case of Christina Morris from Plano's Shops at Legacy prompted questions of whether the court could find 12 impartial people.
Opening statements are scheduled to start Wednesday in the Christina Morris kidnapping trial, as long as a jury can be seated first. Jury selection began Tuesday, but the process is taking longer than expected.
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