Jurors in the capital murder trial of a former U.S. Border Patrol agent have heard a taped interview in which he confesses to the 2018 killings of four sex workers in South Texas. Each woman was shot in the head and left along roads on the outskirts of Laredo in September. One died of blunt force trauma after being shot.
Ortiz, a Navy veteran, was a Border Patrol intelligence supervisor at the time of his arrest in September 2018. If convicted of capital murder, he faces life in prison without parole because prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.
Juan David Ortiz told detectives in the video played in court that as he drove along a stretch of road that the women frequented, “the monster would come out.”
Ortiz, a Navy veteran, was a Border Patrol intelligence supervisor at the time of his arrest in September 2018. If convicted of capital murder, he faces life in prison without parole because prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.
Juan David Ortiz told detectives in the video played in court that as he drove along a stretch of road that the women frequented, “the monster would come out.”
