Texas Father's Killing of Child Molester Ruled Homicide

The Shiner, Texas case where a young father beat the molester of his five-year-old daughter has now been ruled a homicide.  The dead man has now been identified as Jesus Mora Flores, 47, of Gonzales, Texas, an alleged acquaintance of the father who had been hired to care for the horses at the father’s barn.

The evidence, according to an attorney’s statement, states that the 23-year-old father was working on a horse and was barbecuing shortly before 3:43 p.m. on the day of the incident when someone alerted him that his daughter had been abducted. The father heard the girl scream, ran toward the sound, and found Flores on top of his child. The father yanked Flores off his daughter and started beating him in the head and neck.

The sheriff’s statement revealed that someone called 911, and paramedics arriving found Flores' body lying in a pasture near the barn with his underwear down. They performed CPR, but Flores was pronounced dead at the scene by a justice of the peace at 4:50 p.m.

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