When asked for his plea in his aunt's case, Ramon Escobar said he was 'very guilty.'
Authorities in two states now believe Ramon Escobar is connected in the disappearance of his aunt and uncle.
Court documents show that Ramon Escobar confessed to Los Angeles Police Department officers that he killed his uncle then killed his aunt when she came looking for her brother. First, Ramon Escobar killed his uncle using an old police baton because he felt disrespected. The uncle had taken Ramon Escobar in and was letting him live at the home on Prudence Drive in southwest Houston.Ramon Escobar hid under a pile of clothes in the van and then tried strangling her from behind with the baton, said Ogg.
The two struggled to the ground, and he pressed his knee to her chest until she stopped breathing. Her burned-out van was found on a beach near Galveston. The aunt and uncle's remains were found in a landfill. After detectives with the Houston Police Department interviewed Escobar about his uncle's disappearance, he fled to Santa Monica, California.He told detectives about all of the deaths. Details from that interview were included in court documents for a capital murder charge.
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