Family remembers man shot, killed while driving Gulf Freeway
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HOUSTON – The family of Zeferino Baeza is seeking justice and searing for answers for his death.
“We’ve been going through this process of pain for the last three days since we heard the news about my son,” said, Baeza’s dad, Zeferino Baeza Jr.
Baeza’s mom Marilyn Fowler said the 30-year old was shot and killed Friday while driving along the Gulf Freeway in his Dodge pickup.
“He got shot in the back of the head. He drove his truck trying to get help, and he drove off the freeway onto the feeder and hit a dealership,” said Fowler.
Maria Rosa âLa Gueraâ Baeza, a lifelong resident of Marfa, Texas, was called to her heavenly home on Dec. 17, 2020. She was 76 years old. Maria was born Nov. 8, 1944, in Marfa to Bartolo and Concha Villanueva.
On Nov. 27, 1963, she married her one true love, Manuel âBeerâ Baeza, Jr., and lived her life as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and aunt, and a friend to all. Throughout their 57 years of marriage, they had five children, David and Lorena (daughter) Beatty, Miguel and Martha (daughter) Carrillo, Victoria Sanchez (daughter), Sammy and Rosemary (daughter) Jimenez, and her son, Mayor Manuel Baeza III, eight grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren.