Texas man set to be executed after fatally shooting his wife, two children and two other relatives during drug-fueled rage nearly 18 years ago.
This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Abel Ochoa. Ochoa is set to be executed by lethal injection Thursday evening, Feb. 6, 2020, convicted of fatally shooting five family members, including his wife and two children, at their home during a drug-fueled rage nearly 18 years ago.
He was sentenced to death for the slayings of his wife, Cecilia, 32, and 7-year-old daughter, Crystal. His 9-month-old daughter, Anahi; his father-in-law, 56-year-old Bartolo Alvizo; and sister-in-law Jacqueline Saleh, 20, were also killed. Ochoa also shot and seriously injured another sister-in-law, Alma Alvizo.
Ochoa's appellate attorneys said in court documents that his death sentence should be commuted to a life sentence because of “his deep and sincere remorse.” “While I was lying on the bed my body started wanting more crack. I knew if I asked my wife for more money to buy some more crack she wouldn't let me have it,” Ochoa said in his confession to police.
“Crystal saw me with the gun and she started running away. I chased after her and I shot her,” Ochoa said.At trial, Ochoa’s attorneys argued that he shot his family in a cocaine-induced delirium and had brain damage from drug abuse. Ochoa testified that he didn’t remember shooting his family.
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