Husband death vs child’s death
July 11th, 2008, 3:23 pm · 1 Comment · posted by lmartinez
Cameron County was the scene of two big murder trials over the past seven months.
There was Brownsville wife Traci Rhode accused of killing her husband and Harlingen mother Melissa Lucio accused of killing her daughter.
Rhode reportedly killed her husband by shooting him in the couple’s bed. Lucio was accused of beating her toddler daughter to death.
Two Cameron County juries found both women guilty of murder, however it appears they might have stronger feelings when it comes to killing a child.
Melissa Lucio was sentenced to death.
Traci Rhode was given probation.
It will be interesting to learn why the juries differered on the sentencings because both crimes left two people dead.
One a father and one a daughter.
