Trial set for Border Patrol agent accused of murdering four women
By Anna Giaritelli
Washington Examiner
A Texas judge has scheduled for next week the start of the trial for a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of murdering four women who were sex workers in separate incidents last year, according to a local outlet.
Juan David Ortiz, an agent from the Laredo region, will go on trial Aug. 8 in the 406th District Court of Texas after his case was pushed back from its original start date of Aug. 5, KGNS reported Thursday.
Ortiz has pleaded not guilty to four charges of capital murder after being arrested last September. The 35-year-old man and 10-year federal agent was taken into custody amid what the Webb County Sheriff's Office alleged was a fifth kidnapping.
"We do consider this to be a serial killer," Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said during a press conference following the arrest. "It meets the qualifications or definition of being a serial killer — in this case we have four people murdered."
Law enforcement said the first murder is believed to have taken place Sept. 3. Law enforcement was able to recover all four bodies, but as of last September, two of the bodies had not been identified.
Ortiz is being held on a $2.56 million bond.
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