Naiya Bermea, 5
Isidro Delacruz after being arrested for the murder of Naiya Bermea
Isidro Delacruz at the Tom Green County Courthouse for his death penalty trial
Isidro Delacruz leaving the Tom Green County Courthouse after being convicted of capital murder
Isidro Delacruz
Man faces murder charge
A San Angelo man accused of killing a 5-year-old girl was indicted on a capital murder charge.
Isidro Delacruz, 24, is accused of cutting the throat of Naiya Bermea, 5, on Sept. 2 at her home in the 2700 block of Houston Street. He remains in Tom Green County Jail on $1 million bail.
A capital murder charge is punishable by death or life in prison.
Delacruz was indicted on charge of a capital murder, child under 10 years old, according to court documents released Wednesday.
District Attorney Allison Palmer will seek the death penalty. She filed a motion of her intention to seek that penalty with the court last week.
A victims coordinator with the district attorney’s office said Bermea’s family did not wish to comment.
Lubbock attorney Jack Stoffregen and San Angelo attorney Frank Brown are Delacruz’s attorneys, court administrators said. A pretrial hearing is scheduled Dec. 19 in 119th District Judge Ben Woodward’s courtroom.
Police said that on the day of Naiya’s death, Delacruz forced his way into Tanya Bermea’s house through a bathroom window. Bermea fled to get help and returned with her mother, Jesusita Bermea, 62, according to a complaint filed in the case. Naiya remained at the house when her mother left.
When they arrived back at the house, Delacruz wouldn’t let them in, a complaint filed in the case states, so they left to get Delacruz’s mother, Elizabeth Delacruz. They wanted her help getting Delacruz out of the house.
When the three returned to the home, Bermea saw her daughter with a slit throat and Delacruz covering the wound with paper towels, the complaint states.
Elizabeth Delacruz could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
In a September jail interview, Isidro Delacruz became emotional while talking about Naiya.
“I did a lot for that little kid,” he said in a video interview from the jail. “I treated her like she was my own flesh and blood.”
He declined to discuss what happened the day he was arrested. Delacruz dated Bermea about three years before they became estranged.
In addition to Delacruz, Tom Green County grand jurors indicted at least 103 people on felony charges this month, according to the indictment list sent from the District Clerk’s Office on Wednesday.
KIDNAPPING INDICTMENT
A San Angelo man accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend and holding her against her will was indicted on aggravated kidnapping.
Michelle Lenee Perez’s mother called San Angelo police in September when she wasn’t able to reach her daughter for several days, according to a complaint. She told police she was concerned for her safety because her daughter was “trying to get away from an abusive ex-boyfriend” named Jimmy Perez.
On Sept. 22, officers found Michelle Perez at a home in the 700 block of Preusser Street, according to court documents. Alma Perez, who gave police consent to search the house, and Jimmy Perez were home at the time.
Michelle Perez told officers she was afraid for her life and was threatened with a screwdriver while her ankles were bound. She said she was dragged around inside the house by Jimmy Perez.
Police found photos of Michelle Perez on a phone collected at the house, according to court documents. When asked about the photos, Jimmy Perez, 33, told police Michelle Perez was wearing ankle weights and denied tying her up or threatening her. On the phone were texts in which Jimmy Perez spoke of tying up his ex-girlfriend, the complaint states, and “how he would wrap her up and ‘slit’ her neck.”
Jimmy Perez faces 15 to 99 years in prison on the kidnapping charge because of a prior conviction. He was convicted of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury in 2007, according to an indictment.
ASSAULT INDICTMENT
A man who allegedly opened fire on two Ethicon employees was indicted on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
Kenneth Wayne Acy Jr., 27, was booked into the Tom Green County Jail on Sept. 23 and is being held in lieu of $350,000 bail.
San Angelo police, who were called to the 3300 block of Pulliam Street after a report of shots fired, said Acy was found hiding in vegetation in the area where they began their three-hour search for the shooter.
Max Key and Jacob Sides, listed as the two employees in the court complaint, told police they were in a company-owned wooded area near Ethicon when they heard a gunshot, then saw a man holding a gun and walking toward them. They ducked behind the bed of a truck, placing the truck between them and the man, before the gunman fired several rounds in their direction, the complaint states. The two ran in the opposite directions while the man continued to fire rounds.
In 2011, Acy was convicted of felony domestic assault, which enhanced the second-degree assault charges to first-degree charges, punishable by five to 99 years in prison. Unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon is a third-degree felony, punishable by two to 10 years in prison. Each felony also carries a possible $10,000 fine.
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