that s my little girl. she was my reason for living at that point. she was a bundle of energy. she always had something to say. and she was a million laughs a minute. you know, she that s my baby. we didn t get a mourning period. you know, the day we were told that she died we were told that we killed her and i remember mentioning to both of my parents, this time it should be all about sammy but it can t be. you know, it has to be about us because we re on the defensive. conrad s older brother, baron, is housed in a different protective custody unit. his is for openly gay men. i think gay people in general are a bit less aggressive than heterosexuals. baron is charged with sexually molesting conrad s daughter, sammy, and is also a suspect in the triple homicide and fire. even though news coverage has made other inmates aware of this
the ochoa brothers face a complicated legal situation. they re each charged with serious crimes and considered suspects in another set of crimes. baron is charged with sexually molesting his 10-year-old niece. conrad s daughter, sammy. he has pled not guilty. conrad has been indicted on 38 counts of possession of child pornography, to which he s pled not guilty. according to authorities, none of the images confiscated from his computer were of sammy. the brothers were arrested and charged with these offenses after an even more serious crime occurred. sammy, her mother and an adult female roommate were all stabbed to death inside their home, which was then set on fire and burned to the ground. the homicide investigation when it first started, of course, we thought that they were just eliminating us as suspects. a few hours into the interview,
but his attorney is not convinced that the deal offered by prosecutors is a good one. so he told me that the device that the pictures were alleged ly found on was in open an communal area of the apartment, so all we have to do is get one person on the jury to believe that you might not have been the guy that put those pictures there. baron ochoa has not been offered a plea deal on his charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child. and he is certain he wouldn t accept one if it were. it s not like a robbery, where i can just say okay, if it comes down to it i ll take time to go home. this is one of the things that can follow me forever. no. i wouldn t take a plea bargain. i don t know care what they offer me, you have to register as sex offender and tell friends and family i did it, no. i wouldn t do it. if we don t get the case dismissed, we re going to trial. either way, both brothers are still suspects in triple homicide that killed conrad s
for six months, baron ochoa s world has consisted of little more than his small cell and the adjoining day room at san antonio s bexar county jail. and, occasionally, he s transported to court for pretrial hearings on his case. this is a red-button case, if i have to go before a jury, it s real easy for them to get an emotional response out of them rather than a legal response out of them. ochoa is accused of continuous sexual abuse of a child. his 10-year-old niece, sammy. he s also a suspect, along with his brother, conrad, in the stabbing death of sammy, her mother, rebecca gonzalez, and a family friend. the house all three victims lived in was burned to the ground following the murders. at his latest court hearing
it became very clear that they were looking at us as persons of interest. and that s how we were described on the news. though conrad and baron were immediately targeted as suspects, they have not been formally charged with any of the three murders nor the arson. i was devastated. i couldn t believe it. on the news they put me as suspected of three counts of capital murder, stabbing, arson and that has nothing to do with my indictment. i m not arrested on any of that but my character is being murdered on the media. a few days prior to the murder, rebecca gonzalez, conrad s former girlfriend filed a report with child protective services, stated that sammy told her that both conrad and baron were sexually abusing her. actually when i saw myself on the news and they were saying these horrible things against me, i was like, man, i can t stand that guy. wait a second, that s me. none of that is true. i ve said more than once