Prosecutors in Texas say they may search the dying penalty for a man who authorities have stated confessed to killing 5 individuals, together with three whose dismembered our bodies have been discovered in a burning dumpster final 12 months
FORT WORTH, Texas — Prosecutors in Texas stated Monday that they may search the dying penalty for a man who authorities have stated confessed to killing 5 individuals, together with three whose dismembered our bodies have been discovered in a burning dumpster final 12 months.
The Tarrant County district legal professional’s workplace stated they’ve filed the paperwork to hunt the dying penalty for Jason Thornburg, 41. He was arrested in September on a cost of capital homicide in the deaths of David Lueras, 42, Lauren Phillips, 34, and Maricruz Mathis, 33. Their our bodies have been discovered in a burning dumpster in Fort Worth.
During an interview with police, Thornburg confessed to killing these three in addition to his roommate and girlfriend, in response to his arrest warrant.
Thornburg additionally faces a cost of homicide in the dying of his roommate, 61-year-old Mark Jewell. He was discovered lifeless in a home hearth final May.
Tanya Begay, a Navajo lady from Gallup, New Mexico, went lacking after taking a visit to Arizona with Thornburg in 2017.
In March, Thornburg was indicted by a grand jury on expenses of first-degree homicide, assault with intent to commit homicide and assault ensuing in severe bodily damage in the March 2017 slaying in the Navajo Nation of individual listed as T.T.B., in response to an indictment filed in U.S. district court docket for the district of Arizona.
Thornburg remained jailed in Fort Worth on over $1 million bond. His attorneys didn’t instantly return a message looking for touch upon Monday.
