Tag: Victor Lee Alfaro Trial
TIMELINE: Victor Lee Alfaro’s second trial
Weslaco man sentenced to nearly 6 decades in prison for killing ex-lover’s little brother
EDINBURG — A jury sentenced a 31-year-old Weslaco man on Monday afternoon to 58 years in prison for murdering his former lover’s little brother.
Avoiding second mistrial, jurors find Weslaco man guilty in 2018 murder
A jury on Friday found a 31-year-old Weslaco man guilty of killing his ex-lover’s little brother six years ago. The verdict came after approximately nine hours of jury deliberations over two days, resulting in Victor Lee Alfaro’s guilty conviction. Jurors found that Alfaro shot and killed 21-year-old Reynaldo Reyes Jr. on May 4, 2016.
Final day of testimony in Edinburg murder trial marked by perjury; jury deliberating
EDINBURG — The last piece of evidence jurors heard before closing arguments and breaking for deliberations Thursday was that a key eyewitness for prosecutors lied on the stand.
Key eyewitness caught in lie during Edinburg murder trial; jury begins deliberations
Defense attorneys on Thursday morning proved a key eyewitness in a murder case against a 31-year-old Weslaco man lied about a supposed jailhouse visit in which the defendent confessed to being high on meth when he killed her little brother. The significant development came as the defense presented its only witness, a Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant who brought records of Victor Lee Alfaro’s jailhouse visits dating back to his May 5, 2016 arrest. None of which included a visit by 32-year-old Nancy Arlene Lopez, the key eyewitness in question.
Prosecutors rest in Weslaco man’s murder trial; defense to take center stage
EDINBURG — The fate of a 31-year-old Weslaco man will soon be in the hands of jurors.
Tense testimony: Suspect’s former lover accuses him of killing her little brother
EDINBURG — Nancy Arlene Lopez admits she’s made mistakes.
Second murder trial begins for Weslaco man accused of killing ex’s brother
EDINBURG — Prosecutors on Monday foreshadowed testimony from a witness serving a decade in prison, who will appear before jurors in an orange jumpsuit and in shackles at some point during trial in a 2016 murder.
