Elizabeth Sampayo said she believes Davila, her cousin, called his mother when he realized King Jay was dead. She was adamant that Beatrice Sampayo put the rest of the events into motion.
“You have no idea what you’re dealing with here,” Elizabeth Sampayo said of her aunt.
She said Torres, 45, her cousin, was goaded by their aunt into helping Davila. Torres was captured on video in January, according to an arrest affidavit, getting into Davila’s car at the gas station and driving it away, making it appear to was stolen with King Jay in it.
Like Beatrice Sampayo, Torres and Davila were indicted in April on charges of tampering with evidence. Davila faces additional charges, including injury to a child causing severe bodily injury, a first-degree felony. He remains in jail.
Elizabeth Sampayo appeared to question her aunt’s frailty.
“Beatrice has been sick since before I was born,” she said. “I’m 38 years old. She’s been dying all my life.”
When asked if reports that Beatrice Sampayo is battling terminal cancer are true,” she replied, “maybe.”
She said King Jay’s death has split the family.
Beatrice Sampayo and Torres had court hearings scheduled before Judge Kevin O’Connell on Monday, but both cases were reset.
San Antonio woman claims her elderly aunt was the ‘mastermind’ in hiding King Jay’s death
