Ronnie Joe Neal, 35, was sentenced to death by 226th District Judge Sid Harle.
Ronnie Joe Neal, 35, was sentenced to death by 226th District Judge Sid Harle.
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Ronnie Joe Neal, 35, was sentenced to death by 226th District Judge Sid Harle. In sentencing Neal, the judge formally pronounced the death sentence handed down by a jury April 6.
The sentencing brought to a close Neal's capital murder trial in the rape, abduction and shooting of Diane Tilly on Nov. 22, 2004.
Neal's accomplice was his 16-year-old daughter, Pearl Ann Cruz, with whom he had a sexual relationship and fathered a child.
Cruz pleaded guilty to murder and agreed to testify for prosecutors. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison in juvenile court April 13. She could be eligible for parole in 3 years.
The sentencing brought to a close Neal's capital murder trial in the rape, abduction and shooting of Diane Tilly on Nov. 22, 2004.
Neal's accomplice was his 16-year-old daughter, Pearl Ann Cruz, with whom he had a sexual relationship and fathered a child.
Cruz pleaded guilty to murder and agreed to testify for prosecutors. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison in juvenile court April 13. She could be eligible for parole in 3 years.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: San Antonio Express-News, 01/05/2006)
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