A person was sentenced to life in jail Thursday after being convicted of fatally taking pictures two staff at a Dallas hospital final yr as he argued along with his girlfriend, who had simply given beginning to their baby.
Nestor Hernandez, 31, was discovered responsible of capital homicide within the October 2022 taking pictures deaths of Jacqueline Pokuaa, 45, a social employee, and Katie Annette Flowers, 63, a nurse, at Methodist Dallas Medical Heart. He obtained an computerized sentence of life with out the potential of parole. Prosecutors did not search the loss of life penalty.
Protection attorneys had requested jurors to think about a lesser cost, acknowledging that Hernandez opened hearth however saying he didn’t imply to kill anybody. Taking the stand on the trial, Hernandez admitted to taking pictures the 2 ladies however mentioned it was an accident.
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Hernandez was on parole for theft and had permission to be on the hospital whereas carrying an ankle monitor. (Fox Information)
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Dallas County District Legal professional John Creuzot informed jurors that Hernandez went to the hospital that day with “rage, resentment, anger and a plan to kill.” Prosecutor George Lewis mentioned Hernandez was motivated by a perception that his girlfriend had cheated on him and he wasn’t the newborn’s father. Throughout the trial, prosecutors introduced proof that he was.
Hernandez’s girlfriend, Selena Villatoro, testified that he accused her of infidelity and hit her with a pistol. She mentioned he threatened to kill her, himself and anybody who got here into the room, and when Pokuaa then entered, Hernandez shot her.
Hernandez testified that as he and Villatoro fought, Pokuaa tried to intervene and the gun misfired. He mentioned he then shot into the hallway in a panic, placing Flowers.
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Hernandez was shot within the thigh by a hospital police officer who arrived on the scene.
On the time of the taking pictures, Hernandez was on parole for aggravated theft and had been granted permission to be on the hospital whereas carrying an ankle monitor.
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