The rapes and murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña, two teenaged girls from Houston, Texas, aged 14 and 16, respectively, occurred on June 24, 1993.The murder of the two girls made headlines in Texas newspapers due to the nature of the crime and the new law resulting from the murder that allows families of the victims to view the execution of the murderers.
Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena, ages 14 and 15, were walking home from a party, taking a shortcut to make it home by their 11 p.m. curfew on June 24, 1993. Sadly, they never made it.
Venancio Medellin, convicted in the killings of two Houston teens Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena, has been denied parole. Venancio Medellin was 14 at …
Peter Anthony Cantu, the leader of the five young men who were sentenced to die for the June 1993 murders of 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16 …
As recently expressed, Jennifer Louise Ertman who was conceived on August 15, 1978, and Elizabeth Christine Pena who was conceived on June 21, 1977 were both assaulted and murdered on June 24, 1993. The two were understudies of Waltrip High School. At the hour of the wrongdoing they were both at a companion’s pool party in the Spring Hill Apartments.
While O’Brien, who was the main African American in the gathering, was the first to be executed.