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Martens later said she believed her daughter thought the trip with Mireles to Mexico was a vacation. Victoria Martens later called home and was picked up at the border and taken to Texas, where she was put in juvenile custody. Mireles was suspected of impregnating her and also charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
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Mireles were seen leaving a bar in east El Dorado on November 23, 2007. This was the last time Sander was seen alive. Later, blood was discovered in Mireles' motel room next door to an Italian restaurant where he worked as a
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Mireles' trial on charges of capital murder, rape and aggravated criminal sodomy was held from
February 8 to 12, 2010. He was convicted of rape and capital murder; the aggravated sodomy charge was dropped as part of the capital murder charge. On March 31, 2010, he was sentenced to life in prison
133:, United States, who was reported missing on November 23, 2007 and found dead six days later. Her disappearance was widely covered in the mainstream news media. Israel Mireles was named as a suspect; he was arrested in Mexico and in February 2010 found guilty of her
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requesting a new trial; the court upheld his conviction.
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