Joshua Ray Juarez
Posted on 12/16/2006 6:09:57 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Joshua Ray Juarez
A 17-year-old Kingwood man has confessed to stabbing his next-door neighbors to death after the daughter and her elderly mother repeatedly complained about his pit bull puppy, the Houston Police Department said. Joshua Ray Juarez was charged with capital murder Friday in the deaths of 53-year-old Deborah Maloney, and her mother, Lucy Maloney, 83, who were found slain in their Kingwood home in the 3100 block of Silver Falls on Wednesday afternoon by police. After being taken into custody, authorities said the teen told investigators he and the daughter had ongoing problems concerning his pit bull puppy running loose in the neighborhood.
Juarez told investigators his dog entered the Maloneys' backyard on the day of the slayings. He then knocked on their door and was given permission by Deborah Maloney to get his dog, authorities said. After doing so, Juarez told investigators, he went back inside the Maloney home. That's when Juarez and the daughter began to argue about the dog, police said. Juarez told police he stabbed Deborah Maloney with a kitchen knife he carried at all times for protection. Lucy Maloney was stabbed to death after she walked out of her room to check on her daughter, said Sgt. Adolfo Carrillo with HPD's homicide division. After the killings he drove away in the older woman's 1993 Pontiac, authorities said.
The vehicle was recovered about 5 p.m. the same day at an apartment complex about 3 1/2 miles from the Maloneys' home. Police began conducting surveillance on Juarez's home after they received information from residents of the apartment complex. Police said the suspect's friends also confirmed he confessed to taking the car. With circumstantial evidence mounting, Juarez was arrested Thursday afternoon and taken in for questioning. Authorities said he was on his way to play basketball with friends. Students at Kingwood High School, where Juarez attended until late August, said they believed the teen was attracted to gangs and violence. "He would always say, 'I'm bringing the hood to Kingwood' and would try to intimidate people. It worked," said a senior at Kingwood, who asked not be identified. "When he would walk down the halls we would all stay away. Scary guy."
Juarez, like many teens, has a page on the popular My- Space Web site. One posting on the site expresses an interest in the disposal of dead bodies, stabbing people and robbing banks. His page prominently features rapper Tupac Shakur with a tattoo reading "thug life." Shakur died in a gang-related shooting. Although police said the teen confessed to killing the two women during an argument about his dog, stunned and frightened neighbors found it hard to believe two lives could be taken over something so trivial. The Juarez family moved to the quiet, tree-lined street in central Kingwood from the Aldine area about 18 months ago, a neighbor said.
"They were such nice people," said one woman, gesturing to the Maloney home. "I never thought that something like this could happen here. This is a nice neighborhood, with nice people. ... He killed them for no reason." Many were simply grief-stricken Friday over the violence that had erupted on their street this week. "We are all very concerned about the double homicide," said Ronald McLeland, 54, a longtime resident. "All of us are just kind of shocked because it's really a very quiet neighborhood," he said. "This is extremely unusual for this neighborhood." He added that many in the neighborhood wouldn't even lock their doors when they were at home, but that everyone is now being far more cautious. "I think we're all just a little more street smart right now," McLeland said. Juarez is being held in Harris County Jail without bail.
Yep, uh huh, that's what the media says about East Austin, too. Anyone know if Kingwood really is the all American neighborhood or just another 'hood?
Fresh meat for the Texas prison system. Hope he has a good supply of lube.
This guy didn't even wait until the dog got old enough to do its own killing. Letting a Pit Bull run loose in the neighorhood - what a great idea.
Make this guy the victim of a botched execution.
By the way, How was that execution botched? The guy they wanted to execute is dead isnt he??
The illegal issue is being deflected by the statement that this is a 17 year old "man"...
If he had been a victim, he would have been termed a "child"...And that his, and his parents immigration status would have been touted to draw sympathy to their plight...
But since he's a little punk thug, I am hoping that he'll be tried as an adult and given the ultimate punishment for his crime...
The first generation illegals may be hard-working and Catholic. Their worthless anchor-baby off-spring are the thugs that roam the streets and populate ruthless gangs in cities across America. Perhaps mandatory sterilization should be included when ICE deports illegals, knowing they usually find a way to get back to the US within 30 days.
I guess he was a success at one thing in his life.
Unfortunately for the breed this is the type of creep who wants to own a pit bull.
The dogs are dangerous in the hands of people like this.
If you live in Harris County, Texas, expect this sort of news daily.
Great, now we get to wait 25 years to put this POS to death. I say kill him already.
Protection? Against (legitimately) complaining old ladies?
Hang him high.
By your statndard, I guess Sgt Carrillo is just doing the police work Americans won't do.
Sounds like the dog had nothing to do with it. He was well on his way without the dog.
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