JUAN DAVID ORTIZ

Texas Crime Stories: The trial and sentencing of Juan David Ortiz, the Border Patrol serial killer.

Here’s a look at some of the top moments that took place in Bexar County courtrooms in 2022.

Ortiz was found guilty of capital murder this week. In 2019, Texas Monthly reported on the string of murders targeting sex workers in Laredo.

Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty at the request of victims’ families.

Juan David Perez told investigators he wanted to "clean up the streets" and "the monster would come out" as he drove along a stretch of road frequented by the women.

An ex-Border Patrol agent was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of four sex workers after jurors heard him say he wanted to "clean up the streets."

The conviction of a former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 means an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A jury on Wednesday found a former Border Patrol supervisor guilty of capital murder.

For the first time in the capital murder trial of an ex-Border Patrol agent, Juan David Ortiz showed some emotion.

A juror in the capital murder trial of an ex-Border Patrol agent was dismissed Monday after fainting while graphic autopsy photos were shown to the jury.

Juan David Ortiz told detectives in the video played in court that as he drove along a stretch of road that the women frequented, "the monster would come out."

Jurors in the capital murder trial of a former U.S. Border Patrol agent have heard him confess in a taped interview to killing four sex workers in South Texas.

Jurors in the capital murder trial of a former U.S. Border Patrol agent have heard a taped interview in which he confesses to the 2018 killings of four sex workers in South Texas. If convicted of capital murder, Juan David Ortiz, 39, faces life in prison without parole because prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty. Ortiz, a Navy veteran, was a Border Patrol intelligence supervisor at the time of his arrest in September 2018.

After two days of interrogation video of an ex-Border Patrol supervisor being shown to the jury, his confession and motive were finally heard on Friday.

One of the lead investigators looking into the deaths of four prostitutes in Laredo testified late Thursday afternoon that the suspect in the killings admitted to the slayings.

In a shocking turn of events, an associate district attorney with Webb County has quit in the middle of the capital murder trial of a former Border Patrol supervisor, Juan David Ortiz.

The jury in the capital murder trial of an ex-Border Patrol agent on Wednesday viewed the interrogation video of him after he was arrested on suspicion of killing four women in Laredo in 2018.

Jurors in the capital murder trial of an ex-Border Patrol agent viewed surveillance and bodycam footage that showed the tense moments when he was followed, captured and arrested.

A prostitute whose terrifying encounter with a Border Patrol agent led to his arrest in the deaths of four women near Laredo testified against him Monday in a Bexar County courtroom.

The trial of Juan David Ortiz, a former Border Patrol agent accused of murdering four women near Laredo in 2018, is being tried in Bexar County after a change of venue was granted.

KSAT Reporter Erica Hernandez recaps the events that led up to his arrest and also a look at what we can expect from the upcoming trial.

Juan David Ortiz is charged with capital murder of multiple persons.

Juan David Ortiz's crimes targeted people in a marginalized community, using his authority to gain trust and evade suspicion.

It has been three years since a former Border Patrol agent is suspected of going on a killing spree in Laredo during a two-week span.