8/10/2008
Jose Medellin Executed for Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman Murder
I mentioned this horrible story here and here. Last Tuesday, Jose Medellin was executed.
A Mexican-born convicted rapist and murderer was executed Tuesday. Jose Medellin was killed by lethal injection in a Texas prison for the rape, torture and murder of 16-year-old Elizabeth Pena and 14-year-old Jennifer Ertman.
The vivid description of what the gang did to those two lovely young girls - BEFORE they strangled them with belts and shoelaces - have played over and over again in my mind.
The fact that he would say
“I’m sorry my actions caused you pain. I hope this brings you the closure that you seek. Never harbor hate,”
Considering the brutal hateful acts that were unleashed on Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman, saying that is little consolation.
May he rot in hell. This guy wasn’t feeling sorry for what he did to the girls or what their surviving relatives have had to endure - he was feeling sorry for himself.
Pena’s father Adolfo was among those who watched Medellin die. “We feel relieved. Fifteen years is a long time coming,” he said.
God bless the Pena and Ertman families.
November 25th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Hello everyone, I’m sorry if I might sound a little rude or out spoken but I think that those ******** need to go striaght to hell for what they did to those girls! Noone not even the enemy deserves that kind of treatment! I have so much hate in my heart for those guys, i feel that they should duffer the same pain your girls had to endure. I never knew anything about this story I’m only 17, so I was a baby. But my cousin told me about it the other day, so I went out to buy the book and I;m so angry. I’m very very very sorry for your lost, I will keep you guys in my prayers even though t was years ago, I can imagine the hurt you still feel. Just know that God loves you, and those guys will be punished for what they did!