GUILTY TX - Heather Willms, 21, murdered, Leon Valley, 21 Feb 2005 *Arrest*

[YESorNO]

San Antonio man indicted in pair of cold case killings

"A Bexar County grand jury Tuesday indicted a San Antonio man on two counts of capital murder and one count of arson of a habitation in connection with the killing and sexual assault of two women in separate cases — one of them more than a decade ago.

Jose Baldomero Flores III, 36, is accused of killing Heather Ann Willms, 21, on Feb. 21, 2005, and Esmeralda Herrera, 30, on March 2, 2011, according to a statement from the Bexar County District Attorney's Office.

Friends found Willms dead in her bedroom at her Leon Valley apartment. Herrera was found strangled, bludgeoned and tied to her bed in her Southwest Side apartment. Each woman had been sexually assaulted, and fires set at their residences in an attempt to destroy evidence, according to reports..."

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/lo...an-indicted-in-pair-of-cold-case-10949290.php
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[tlorik]

I would bet - if you checked - he was incarcerated for some period of time between 2005 and 2011 - rapists and sexual deviants don't change their stripes.

 

[LizzyE]

Related:
A San Antonio man arrested in 2016 in connection with two separate cold cases will be heading to trial this year and could face the death penalty if convicted.
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A scheduling order was made, and jury selection will begin on July 29, with the trial set to start on Sept. 5.

The Sept. 5 trial will only be for the 2011 murder case of Herrera. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty in this case.
San Antonio man charged in slayings of two women in 2005, 2011 could face death penalty

 

[CastlesBurning]

Cold case update: Man convicted in killing of 2 San Antonio-area women gets 2 life sentences, Texas DPS says

HOUSTON – A man who was convicted in the killing of two San Antonio-area women will serve two life sentences, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety in a release.

Jose Baldomero Flores III, 41, was arrested in 2016 and pleaded guilty to the murders of Heather Willms, 21, and Esmeralda Herrera, 30.

In February of 2005, Willms was reported missing after she failed to report to work as a waitress in Leon Valley. It was later discovered that Flores sexually assaulted her and killed her inside her home. Texas DPS said he attempted to burn her body as a way to remove evidence.

Flores was identified as a possible suspect in the case, but was then stalled, and was not charged at the time, the release said.

In March 2011, Herrera was found dead inside her apartment in San Antonio “in a manner similar to Willms,” Texas DPS said. Her apartment was reportedly set on fire. Flores was arrested in connection with the murder, but prosecutors did not find enough evidence for trial.

The case was picked up by the Texas Rangers in 2015 who investigated the murders of both women. After unknown DNA evidence was found in Willm’s body, Flores was identified as the suspect in her murder.

Flores was sentenced to life in both cases on Monday.