Witness To Taco Land Slayings Found Dead
Police Say Death Is Suspicious
POSTED: Friday, July 11, 2008
UPDATED: 6:33 pm CDT July 11,
2008
SAN ANTONIO -- Police are investigating the suspicious death of a potential witness in a 2005 murder case.The body of a 44-year-old woman was found inside an apartment on the 1000 block of West Russell Place near downtown.Published reports said the woman was a witness to the deaths of Ram Ayala and Doug Morgan at the Taco Land nightclub in 2005.Police said a neighbor saw the woman and another person go into her apartment on July 4. The witness told police she saw the second person leave the apartment 10 minutes later but never saw the woman again.Joseph Gamboa was convicted and sentenced to death for his connection to the Ayala and Morgan's deaths. The trial of Jose Najera, also charged in connection with the two deaths, is expected to begin on July 21.
Previous Stories:
- March 9, 2007: Gamboa Gets Death Penalty
- March 5, 2007: Prosecutors: Gamboa Committed Other Crimes Besides Taco Land Killings
- March 1, 2007: Gamboa Guilty Of Killing Bar Owner, Bartender
- February 27, 2007: Woman's Shouting Disrupts Capital Murder Trial
- February 23, 2007: Man Accused Of Double Slaying In Bar Goes On Trial
- July 14, 2005: Second Taco Land Shooting Victim Dies
- July 8, 2005: Suspects Charged In Fatal Nightclub Shooting
- June 24, 2005: Taco Land Shooting Leaves Owner Dead, 2 Others Injured
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