Surveillance footage of what prosecutors say is the killer running away after murdering Josue Flores was shown to jurors on Tuesday. Flores’ father was in court as emotional video was also shown of his 11-year-old son’s last moments alive.
In the video, the 11-year-old has no idea he’s about to cross paths with a mad man. Prosecutors pointed out a terrifying timeline. At 4:39 p.m. on that day in May 2016, Josue is seen walking home from school.
"How quickly it happened, and how the suspect left the crime, and how calmly that suspect that’s in the video walked away from a murder scene," says Stella Mireles Walters, who’s the founder of Safe Walk Home, a program created after Josue’s death to make sure adults in the neighborhood are watching as children walk home from school. At 4:42 p.m.
"This case is going to be all based on reasonable doubt," explains Houston Defense Attorney Rick Detoto, who is not working this case, but he did stop by to observe. He says one of the toughest hurdles for the defense is getting past, what prosecutors say, is Josue Flores’ DNA on Jackson’s jacket that was recovered from Jackson’s room at the Salvation Army.
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