Twelve-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was walking to a convenience store in Houston, Texas, when she disappeared, police say; she was found dead in a creek earlier this month.
Both are being held on a $10 million bond this week, court records show.Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, 26, have been charged with capital murder in Jocelyn Nungaray's death.
At her celebration of life service, Jocelyn's sister Gabby remembered how the two of them would laugh, play, cry and "get on each other's nerves".Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, is being remembered for her kindness, "zest for life" and her love for animals. "Jossy also gave me courage to be myself and speak up for myself and for that I will always be grateful to you. I love you, Jossy," Gabby said.Green was her favorite colour.
The 12-year-old was strangled to death, according to the medical examiner, the Associated Press reported.Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, 26, were arrested June 20, three days after Jocelyn's strangled body was found in the creek, according to the Houston Police Department.
"I'm, like, angry that they took advantage of her. She was so young. She was 12. You took my baby away, you took her away," the mother toldREAD MORE:Jocelyn's mother Alexis Nungaray is embraced after speaking about her daughter during a news conference after Franklin Peña, one of the two men accused of killing the 12-year-old girl, appeared in court on June 24 in Houston.
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