Texas prosecutors seek information from Google on suspects in Jocelyn Nungaray murder case.
CBP's initial encounters with suspects are being sought by prosecutors for information.
In June, a 12-year-old girl named Jocelyn Nungaray was murdered in Houston, and two suspects have now been indicted by a Texas grand jury.
According to Harris County court records, Franklin Pena, 26, and Johan Martinez-Rangel, 22, were charged with capital murder in connection with Nungaray's death.
According to documents, Pena and Martinez-Rangel kidnapped the 12-year-old and caused her death by applying pressure to her neck.
Authorities have recovered a phone near Nungaray's body, and prosecutors are requesting Google to release information from the Google applications installed on the device.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was the first point of contact for the suspects, and prosecutors are now seeking details about those initial interactions.
In July, Rangel and Franklin Pena, two illegal immigrants from Venezuela, were charged by authorities with capital murder. It is stated that both suspects entered the United States unlawfully just prior to the murder.
On the evening of July 17, Jocelyn left her mother's apartment to buy a soda at a convenience store. However, prosecutors claim that the suspects enticed her out of the store and abducted her.
In June, Assistant District Attorney Michael Abner wrote that the defendant enticed a 12-year-old girl under a bridge, where he and his accomplice stayed with her for more than two hours, removed her pants, bound her, murdered her, and then discarded her corpse into the bayou.
Last week, Jocelyn's mother appeared before the House Homeland Security Committee to discuss the effects of illegal immigrant crime on American citizens.
"Her mother testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, three days before the grand jury indicted the two suspects, that the Monday morning of June 17th was terrifying. She described the frantic search for her missing daughter, who's phone was pinging two minutes away from her home. Driving up to the exact location, she saw crime scene tape and officers by a bridge."
On Tuesday, the committee was informed by Nungaray that the suspects believed the creek below would wash away their DNA after they threw her daughter off the bridge.
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Rangel is due back in court on Nov. 11.
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