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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 case, he says he s felt safe in this unit. the news they like to tell ....
i thought they were going to use pictures against me, which they are but they re also using past statements. really? one of the things that pissed me off is a statement a family member made not so much against us, that he never trusted us around his kids to begin with. really? what do you mean you never trusted us around your kids? we re supposed to be family. if that s the way you feel, tell me. don t tell the police that especially when you know this is the type of things being investigated. negative statements from family are but one of the pressures bearing down on the ochoa brothers, every time they appear in court, there are familiar faces in the gallery. they are led by suzy bianchi-pierce, the mother of conrad s former girlfriend rebecca and grandmother to sammy. the fact of the matter is if our faces are in that courtroom, they know that we re being vigilant, that we re going to be there and make a loud noise the way we can. she lost her daughter and her granddaughter. ....
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 baron learned of some new evidence against him. ....
Count for 38 counts. that s 380 years. that s a lot of time. coming up i have to believe, i have to believe that one day as soon as possible, preferably, conrad and baron will be charged with their murders and with the arson. sammy s grandmother attempts to deal with her loss. and you ll be surprised with the love connections or the pursuing love that goes on here. inmate pen pals work for some but lead to trouble for peggy perales. this is garcia. she is a class officer here. she s going to be monitoring you from this point on. i pray that you live to be a daily struggle, ....
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. ....