By Dave Bohl
May 18, 2021
(Des Moines, Iowa) A Des Moines man accused of murdering a woman and her two children is requesting new lawyers after his first trial ended in a mistrial.
Marvin Esquivel Lopez wrote a letter to Judge David Porter, saying his attorneys aren t working in his best interest and have made a lot of mistakes.
He s accused of killing a 29 year-old Rossibeth Flores-Rodriguez and her two children, 11 year-old Grecia Daniela Alvarado-Flores and 5 year-old Ever Jose Mejia-Flores, in 2019.
His first trial was declared a mistrial in April, after the jury was able to agree on a verdict in the murder of the mother but could not agree on a verdict in the deaths of the two children.
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By Dave Bohl
May 18, 2021
(Des Moines, Iowa) A Des Moines man accused of murdering a woman and her two children is requesting new lawyers after his first trial ended in a mistrial.
Marvin Esquivel Lopez wrote a letter to Judge David Porter, saying his attorneys aren t working in his best interest and have made a lot of mistakes.
He s accused of killing a 29 year-old Rossibeth Flores-Rodriguez and her two children, 11 year-old Grecia Daniela Alvarado-Flores and 5 year-old Ever Jose Mejia-Flores, in 2019.
His first trial was declared a mistrial in April, after the jury was able to agree on a verdict in the murder of the mother but could not agree on a verdict in the deaths of the two children.
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The Associated Press
In this booking photo released by the Polk County, Iowa, Jail, is Marvin Oswaldo Escobar-Orellana. A jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of Escobar-Orellana accused of killing a woman and her two young children inside his Des Moines home, leading the judge to declare a mistrial on Thursday, April 22, 2021.After four days of deliberations, the jury was unable to reach a verdict on two of three first-degree murder counts against Marvin Esquivel Lopez.
DES MOINES A jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of a man accused of killing a woman and her two young children inside his Des Moines home, leading the judge to declare a mistrial on Thursday.