Convicted Child Killer Hears Last Word From Alexandra's Family
POSTED: 6:03 pm MDT May 14,
2008
UPDATED: 9:34 pm MDT May 14,
2008
EL PASO, Texas -- Convicted child killer David Renteria was formally sentenced to death Wednesday and as part of his sentencing he had to sit and listen to what his victim's family had to say to him. The scene with Renteria in a prison jumpsuit wearing shackles is familiar to Alexandra Flores' family. Wednesday, family members got the opportunity to tell Renteria about the pain he's caused them."You sat through this trial just as you sat through the first one showing no regrets and no shame," said Alexandria's aunt Perla Sanchez.In 2003, Renteria was found guilty and sentenced to death for the abduction and murder of 5-year-old Alexandra. Last week he was sentenced to death again by another jury after an appellate court found technical errors in the first trial.For the first time, Alexandra's siblings told Renteria about their heartache that started seven years ago at the Lower Valley Wal-Mart. Alexandra's brother Juan Alberto Flores was a kid himself but said he remembers clearly."I recall being in dreadful tears and misery for knowing that my lovely sister was abducted for no reason by a man who didn't have anything else to do," said Flores.It's been seven years and they're still asking why."Why would you do this to someone one you didn't even know. Did you deserve more life than she did?" asked Alexandra's sister Lizeth Flores.One of the older siblings, Esmeralda Frausto, was one of the few to look at Renteria."It doesn't surprise me one bit that you, like the coward and cynical cold killer that you are, that you came back," said Frausto.Renteria just sat quietly and listened."You don't deserve to be here right now, you don't deserve to see your family. You don't deserve to take one more breath," said Frausto.After the victim impact statements, Renteria stood up, looked at his family sitting behind him and said: "I love you a lot, don't worry."As sheriff deputies escorted Renteria out, his mother replied loudly: "You're innocent, the murderers are still out there."
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