A father who beat his daughter’s alleged rapist to death near the rural town of Shriner, Texas, avoided charges for the incident.
A grand jury in Lavaca County opted not to press charges against the father, who killed 47-year-old Jesus Mora Flores when he allegedly caught him molesting the 5-year-old in a secluded shack on the family farm.
“Under the law in the state of Texas, deadly force is authorized and justified in order to stop an aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault,” District Attorney Heather McMinn said.
Before the incident, the girl and her brother went out to the feed the chickens. When Flores, a farmhand, picked up the girl and carried her to an out-of-the-way area, her brother ran back to tell his father, court records show. When the father learned of what had happened, he reportedly ran towards the shack, guided by his daughter’s screams.
- Charles Roberts, AmericaNow.com