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    Jesus Busso-Estopellan Sentenced to Life in 2011 AZ Murder of Tyler Webster and Olek Wladyszewsk


    18-year-old Tyler Webster and 19-year-old Olek Wladyszewski






    Man convicted of murdering 2 in Mesa awaiting death penalty decision

    By azfamily.com News Staff

    PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - A 28-year-old man convicted of murdering two young men is waiting to find out whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison or be put to death.
    Jesus Busso-Estoppellans was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting deaths of 18-year-old Tyler Webster and 19-year-old Olek Wladyszewski.

    It happened in Mesa on June 29, 2011. According to police, Webster and Wladyszewski were sitting in a car when Busso-Estoppellans, 21, at the time, walked up and shot them both in the head.

    “… Webster was able to call 911 alerting officers that he had been shot in the head while he sat in the passenger seat of his car,” explained a news release about the conviction from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. “The driver Wladyszewski, had also been shot in the head and died at the scene.”

    Webster later died at the hospital.

    According to MCAO, police used text messages to connect Busso-Estoppellans to the double shooting. Investigators said he and Wladyszewski had been communicating about meeting in the area just minutes before the incident.

    Police arrested him a couple of days after the shooting.

    “Busso-Estopellan later admitted to investigators that he had lured the victims with the promise of a drug deal and then shot them both as they sat in the car,” according to MCAO. “He told investigators he had planned to kill

    Wladyszewski and killed Webster to ensure there were no witnesses to the murder.”

    Court paperwork from the time of the arrest showed that Busso-Estopellan brokered a marijuana purchase from Wladyszewski two months before the shooting, but the man who bought the pot hadn't paid yet and was threatening Busso-Estopellan.

    Busso-Estopellan, who is in the U.S. illegally, said his actions were to protect his family from the man involved in the purchase of the marijuana. He also indicated he had been planning to the crime for one to two months.

    MCAO spokeswoman Amanda Jacinto said the jury found aggravating factors in the case, which means they can sentence Busso-Estoppellans to death.

    There are 117 inmates on Arizona's death row right now. All but three of them are men.

    http://www.azfamily.com/story/375476...nalty-decision
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    Hung jury prompts mistrial in death-penalty phase of double murderer who killed teens

    By Michael Kiefer
    The Republic

    A Maricopa County Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Monday when a jury couldn't reach a unanimous life or death verdict against a man who killed two teens during a 2011 drug deal in Mesa.

    Jesus Busso-Estopellan, 28, who had prior drug convictions, is believed to have lured Olek Wladyszewski, 19, to Mesa on June 29, 2011, ostensibly to sell him pills. Wladyszewski brought his friend, Tyler Webster, 18, to the meeting, and Busso-Estopellan shot and killed both of them in Webster's car. Webster was able to call 911 before he died.

    Busso-Estopellan was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of misconduct with weapons in February, and the jury found aggravating factors to qualify him for a death penalty stage. Those aggravated factors included that multiple murders had been committed and that in Webster's case, the murder was especially cruel, heinous or depraved. Prosecutor Juan Martinez maintained that Busso-Estopellan had wounded Webster and then returned to finish him off.

    The trial's mitigation phase, when the jury considers factors that may convince them to impose a life sentence instead of a death sentence, lasted until April 9. The jury deliberated until April 30 and said it had reached an impasse.

    Judge Erin Otis declared a mistrial.

    Busso-Estopellan's guilty verdicts stand. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office did not immediately say whether it would retry the penalty stage before a new jury to try to obtain a death sentence.

    If a prosecutor cannot persuade a new jury to reach a unanimous verdict, the defendant would automatically be sentenced to life in prison.

    https://www.azcentral.com/story/news...nez/575296002/

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    According to AZ Central the DP is off the table.
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