http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6115226.html

Here’s some of what was in the article:
By SUSAN CARROLL
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
Nov. 16, 2008, 9:07AM
On the TV news, Brewer learned that Timoteo Rios, the man charged with killing Davila, was an illegal immigrant with a criminal record. Rios had admitted to local law enforcement twice before the slaying that he was in the country illegally, but he wasn’t deported, according to arrest and immigration records.

“I just want to know why,” Brewer said. “If they were doing their jobs right, he wouldn’t have been out there. Why’d they let him go?”

First arrest
Rios, now 24, was arrested for the first time in Harris County on May 29, 2007, a Tuesday afternoon. He attracted little attention. About 370 inmates pass through the intake division of Harris County Jail daily. Rios, who was living in a southwest Houston apartment complex, was charged with failure to identify to a police officer and marijuana possession, both misdemeanors.

He was fingerprinted, photographed and asked a series of questions. His answers were entered into the jail computer system. Birth date: Oct. 6, 1984. Height: 5 feet 11 inches. Weight: 162 pounds.

The jailer eventually asked: Are you a U.S. citizen? The records show that Rios said no, he was a Mexican citizen.

The jailer then asked: Are you an illegal immigrant?

Yes, Rios replied, according to jail records.

The jailer entered Rios’ name into a database of inmates, set up in September 2006, who have admitted they are in the country illegally. The data entries are shared with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Houston, who have unrestricted access to the county’s four jails. Agents routinely question and place “holds” on inmates in Harris County Jail they suspect are eligible for deportation.

Rios’ name was the 15th of 20 added that Monday to the database. ICE officials confirm that they did not file paperwork to detain him.

Rios pleaded guilty to both counts against him and was released from jail June 5, 2007.

Second arrest
Twenty-two days later, Rios was back in jail, charged with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor. Police said he argued with his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend, the mother of two of his daughters, and punched out her apartment window. Then he threw a beer bottle at his ex-girlfriend’s mother.

Rios was booked at 4:35 p.m. Again, Rios told jailers he was in the country illegally and, for a second time, was added to the database. He filled out paperwork for the court, writing that he was from Michoacan, Mexico, and worked in construction.
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Days after the slaying, Harris County detectives arrested 18-year-old Kennedy Escoto, the suspected getaway car driver. Investigators said Escoto implicated Rios in Davila’s death. Detectives say Rios may have fled to Mexico.

Davila’s older children had questions about what happened. They saw on the news that Rios had been arrested twice before the slaying — and was in the country illegally.
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Here’s an article about Escoto (And a photo of both suspects) :
http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080417_tj_davilakilling.789143fa.html

I imagine, Rios is back in the US, by now, I hope the PoPo is watching for him, this time!

Resting in peace, I pray, Ms. Davila, but watching over your children, from heaven!

It’s strange though how much fear of the unusual can rule anyway. I used to take my niece to stores and I was terrified every time she stepped away from me. And I live in a safe area. It was such a relief when she got old enough that I was convinced that disaster wasn’t just waiting for me to relax for an instant. I could not argue myself out of it.

guess that makes me a shitty parent.

Is THAT what I was smelling? LOL

Damn, with all of the bad things I do with my kids, I must smell like an outhouse in the middle of July. Y’all do know that if you leave your kids in the car and they die of heatstroke, putting them in the trunk will cut down on that horrible stench of decay, don’t you? Just thought I’d try to be helpful.

I leave my kids in the car all the time. Sometimes, I let ‘em sleep out there. j/k.

I didn’t do it when they were babies, but now that they’re old enough to understand my instructions and that I’ll be right back, I do it all the time. Only if I can pull up directly in front of a glass-front store (JUST as the woman did in the video). Then I lock them in, put the parking brake on (just in case one of them gets a bright idea and kicks the gear shift or anything), tell them to stay PUT strapped into their seats, and then I run like hell to do my errand.

None of this holds true in extreme temps — too hot or too cold, and I won’t leave them at all, since I insist on locking up and taking the key, so I can’t control the climate for them.

I don’t care what the law says about it, frankly. I’m a responsible adult who can take care of myself and my children. Damn it, I don’t always wear a seatbelt either. So arrest me.

I don’t think so. Illegal immigrants have been involved in violent crimes before and no one seems to care much.

I think it depends on where you are. I come from Arizona and there they care a whole lot.

They were illegal immigrants? This should really fan some flames…

I don’t think so. Illegal immigrants have been involved in violent crimes before and no one seems to care much.

http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/txcn/houston/stories/khou080417_tj_davilakilling.789143fa.html

Actually, no. I’m only 25, homie. The world when I was a kid was no safer than it is now, since I was a kid, like, Tuesday.

Seriously, though, I can’t say it often enough – Crime rates have dropped progressively over the last 30 years. The internet and TV make you think otherwise because they focus on these bad news stories, but generally speaking, for the last 30 years, every year has been a little bit safer than the one before it. 2007 was significantly safer than 1987, when I was 5.

Man, when I was a little kid, I got left in the car all the bloody time. Now, I don’t know about infant status, but when I was like, 5 and stuff, my dad would even joke about it. Before he left the car to go in somewhere, he’d turn around in his seat, pat me on the leg and say, “I’ll be right back. Bark if anyone comes.”

Yeah, remember when the car was a SAFE place to leave the kids? Better than having them swarm all over the sidewalks and out into traffic while Mom or Dad was heading to a store to pay a bill. The only danger was that the kid might leave the car — not that someone might come to take the kid or the car.

Sadly, no one ever came. I was looking forward to using my wicked barking skills.

LMAO!!

Sadly, no one ever came. I was looking forward to using my wicked barking skills.