A New Twist in the Joe Horn Story
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Houston Chronicle reports a surprising claim by a 42-year-old woman who was convicted for her role in a Houston-area home invasion. She claims her accomplice in the robbery was one of the men shot by Joe Horn:
“A woman sentenced to prison in a Sugar Land home robbery told a court an accomplice in the crime was one of the men killed by Joe Horn after they burglarized his neighbor’s Pasadena house, prosecutors said.
Rafaela Davila, 42, made the claim during a punishment hearing Monday in the court of state District Judge Cliff Vacek, said Fort Bend County assistant district attorney Mike Hartman.
Hartman said police have not been able to verify Davila’s assertion but have contacted prosecutors in Harris County to determine if it is true. “They (Harris County officials) were definitely interested in this,” Hartman said Tuesday. “They were going to pull up their records and see if they could corroborate this and make a connection.”
The case resembled the incident in Pasadena involving Joe Horn, including that the victims were Asians robbed of substantial assets and cash and the perpetrators were Columbian.
— DRJ
Not much of a twist. A bigger story would have been if they had clean records. Or, if the victims in each incident knew each other. Anyway, it was a given that these guys weren’t residential burglary virgins. 😉
tired (dde076) — 2/6/2008 @ 2:30 pmwhat does that have to do with a man being shot in the back. People are trying every way they can to give Joe horn a no bill. THat is absolutely ridiculous
Denisa B (19bfe5) — 2/18/2008 @ 3:44 pm