Monday, August 22, 2011

Edinburg, TX: Penalty phase for Texas man who killed 4 relatives

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A South Texas man convicted of killing his mother-in-law, his toddler son and his two stepsons could get the death penalty.

The punishment phase is scheduled Monday in Edinburg for 45-year-old Roberto Aguirre Rojas.

A jury last week formally convicted Rojas of capital murder, after he pleaded guilty to the shootings. His estranged wife was wounded in the 2008 gunfire at the home of her parents, where she and her three sons had been staying. The boys were all under age 9.

Investigators have said that Rojas was upset that his wife had enrolled at the University of Texas-Pan American.

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