"Peter A. Cantu, Texas Executed August 17" (Chapter 35). 0000005484 00000 n Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? TDCJ refused to permit Kahan to witness the execution. The medical examiner corroborated that the cause of death was strangulation. Failed to delete memorial. He told Venancio Medelln to stay behind because he was too little to watch. The other gang members forced the girls into a wooded area. Ogg personally signed a letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole protesting any possible release earlier this year. Jennifer Ertman, left, and Elizabeth Pea both attended Waltrip High School. The girls were walking along the White Oak Bayou when they encountered six "Black and White" gang members drinking beer shortly after holding the gang initiation ceremony of 17-year-old Raul Omar Villarreal. Try again later. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Where [are] you going?" They probably would be married women now, Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea, perhaps with children of their own. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Possibly he did not. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. It will not erase from memory the faces in the photographs, or the knowledge of what happened to them. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. A month before Ertman and Pe a crossed his path, Cantu had mentioned to his former auto mechanics teacher that he wanted to kill someone "just to see what it feels like," according to testimony. Medelln gave both written and taped confessions. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses reelection bid, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students. Learn more about managing a memorial . /H [ 931 256 ] "Look at me. This suggested a lurking evil, omnipresent and inchoate. Instead they are forever 14 and 16, a pair of innocents who slipped into the darkness of Houston's near north side one summer night and re-emerged in bright sunlight on a funeral home gurney targets of a crime so incomprehensible that it was, in the words of one of the lawyers later involved, burned into the collective consciousness of the city. He was the ringleader intheslayings, whichstruck a. << And Cantu's brother, upset at the gang's gloating about having fun with the girls, called police. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. In 1993, while walking home Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena were sexually assaulted and murdered by a group of boys/men that called themselves "The Black and White Gang". The case spurred legislative reform in Texas' criminal justice system. Medellin was 14 at the time of the killings and has served 27 years of his 40-year sentence, the maximum punishment allowed for a juvenile. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. No crime in modern Houston history has resonated like this one, Kahan said. Learn more about merges. Dude, you're a badass! Blame the Federal Reserve. Court appeals to delay the punishment appeared exhausted. stream Peter Anthony Cantu, shown at his 1994 trial, was the one who called for Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea to be killed so they couldn't identify their attackers. The day after the murders, Cantu showed up at his job at an oil change shop and acted as if nothing was out of the ordinary, his boss told the Chronicle at the time. Two Waltrip High School students had left a Thursday night gathering of friends in a rush to be home before their curfew. By the end of Cantu's trial, jurors had been burdened with a load of disturbing details, not just about the crime itself, which prosecutor Donna Goode likened to the work of a "pack of wild dogs," but about the young man who made it happen. He will be the third of the attackers to be put to death, following Derrick O'Brien and Jose Medellin. "Anytime girls came down the street, they'd come out and hoot and holler at them and make vulgar remarks to them," a former neighbor said the day after his arrest. You're not even an animal. One of the gang members grabbed Pena. Sorry! The architect of their deaths will pay with his own life Tuesday evening. Peter Anthony Cantu, Jos Ernesto Medelln, Derrick Sean O'Brien, Efrain Prez, and Raul Omar Villarreal received death sentences. This is a carousel. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Please reset your password. Two who Weve updated the security on the site. "No one who was there will forget it," Kahan said. Four days later, when searchers finally found Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena, their bodies were unrecognizable. 0000009909 00000 n [33], Medelln's impending execution became an international controversy since the state did not hold a hearing about whether the inability of Medelln to meet with Mexican consular officials harmed his defense. Family and friends gathered at the park this weekend to pay tribute to a pair of lives lost and the impact they had on criminal justice policy. Seven minutes later, O'Brien was dead. Kahan assisted the girl's parents in changing state policy to allow relatives of victims to witness executions. [n 2] According to trial testimony, both Pea and Ertman repeatedly glanced in the direction of one another several times throughout their ordeal in likely gestures of concern and despair. Instead of remorse there was violence from Cantu. They are both buried at Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery. based on information from your browser. The teens were killed in TC Jester Park as part of a gang initiation Ertman Pena Fol. interview with The Associated Press. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. /PageLayout /SinglePage the U.S. Supreme Court barred execution of people who were under 18 Jennifer was a victim of homicide. 1894 shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming "powerful, tragic story", Garland to face Congress amid ongoing special counsel investigations, FBI chief says agency feels pandemic likely started with Chinese lab leak. Try again later. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. 0000000931 00000 n The murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena have had an impact on victim's rights in Texas still felt 25 years after their deaths. /E 11282 Ertman's daughter Jennifer, 14, and her friend, 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena, were attacked June 24, 1993, by. Five of the gang members proceeded to repeatedly rape both girls for in excess of an hour. "I miss them and I love them, and they'll never be forgotten and I'll try to keep their memories alive as best as I can," friend Christina Almarez said. In response, Cantu tackled and repeatedly kicked the girl in her face and body, dislodging three teeth and fracturing several ribs. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Five others were convicted of capital murder in the case. 0000011007 00000 n All Rights Reserved. He will be the third of the attackers to be put to death, following, Houston is in for dust and gray skies as Texas haboob arrives, Oops! Somehow the story became worse at trial. At first, Pea desperately attempted to appease her abusers as she wept; offering to provide her phone number in order that they could "get together". "Venancio Medellin was spared from a death sentence because of his age when he helped five other gang members rape, strangle and stomp Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena to death on a hot summer night in Houston in 1993, but he should spend every day of the rest of his sentence locked up for everyone's sake," District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Cantu is the last of three men scheduled to die by lethal injection for the June 1993 murders of 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman and 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena (AP). [45] Michelle Lyons, a TDCJ official, said that Tropical Storm Edouard would likely not be a factor preventing the execution of Medelln.[46]. The. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. He received a 40-year prison sentence, the maximum for a juvenile, for the sexual assault of Jennifer Ertman. Because of their deaths, the state allows victim impact. The medical examiner corroborated that the cause of death was strangulation. 74 0 obj Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. This account has been disabled. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. 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In fact, they laughed and joked as they divvied up the pitiful spoils of the evening: a small amount of cash, some inexpensive rings and gold chains. Venancio Medellin was spared from a death sentence because of his age when he helped five other gang members rape, strangle and stomp Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea to death on a hot summer night in Houston in 1993, but he should spend every day of the rest of his sentence locked up for everyones sake, Ogg said. Elizabeth Pea (left) and Jennifer Ertman (right), Murders of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pea. Their deaths resulted in an outpouring of grief in the local community and spurred changes in criminal legislation in the state of Texas, which enabled the families of crime victims to speak to the defendant at trial and witness the execution of said defendant. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. The killers didn't crumple or cry when recounting the bestiality of their acts to investigators. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. 0000005760 00000 n 0000001187 00000 n Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. [16], Realizing that the girls would be capable of identifying them, Cantu[17] ordered the members to kill the girls. Their bodies were found four days after they were murdered. She was thrown to the ground by gang members Peter Cantu and Derrick Sean O'Brien. Medellin's brother, Jose, was put to death in 2008. "We're looking forward to Peter Cantu being executed so he can never murder or hurt anybody again," he said. Both girls were sexually assaulted by all but one of the gang members, 14-year-old Venancio "Yuni" Medelln, on a minimum of four occasions. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. at the time, got a 40-year sentence. Failed to remove flower. After the gang left, Christina Cantu convinced Joe Cantu to report the crime to the police. They should have hung them. There was a problem getting your location. When Elizabeth and Jenny reached a bayou near a. 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. Failed to report flower. He then elaborated that he had raped both girls. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. At sentencing, the offenders were remanded to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) system. Outside the girls' school, Waltrip High, death penalty opponents were calling for a halt to all executions in Texas. I wish to hell he could have died the way she died.". The prosecutors said that Medelln never told authorities that he was a Mexican citizen. Nine minutes later, he was dead. a, perhaps with children of their own. Jennifer Latson of the Houston Chronicle said that the deaths of the girls "shook" the Oak Forest neighborhood of Houston "to its foundation. Their story has been oft-repeated, in the retelling burnished to a handful of details: the fateful choice of a route home, the abduction from the railroad tracks, the decision of one to turn back when she heard her friend scream, the clothes ripped from their bodies, the multiple and repeated assaults, the inexplicable decision that they must die in a manner equally brutal. Cantu was a good worker who was courteous with customers, the boss said, stunned that the "yes, sir" guy he knew changed so dramatically when the workday ended. 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