Hearings for seven Webb Co. murder cases slated for this week
Hearings for seven Webb Co. murder cases slated for this week May 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Seven murder cases are scheduled to appear in the Webb County district courts this week. After resetting plea hearings six times, the man accused of stabbing his mother when he was 16 years old in 2012 is scheduled for a plea hearing in the 406th District Court. In August, Jorge Rene Velasco Jr.’s attorney Oscar O. Pena said he and the prosecutor, Joshua Davila, are “very close to working this case out.” Due to COVID, it was hard for them to get together and negotiate, he said. Velasco was det...