Closing arguments set in slaying of Fla. family
Published 9:01 am Wednesday, February 25, 2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jurors in a Florida courtroom are getting ready to hear closing arguments in the death penalty trial of two men charged in the 2006 killings of a family along a turnpike.
Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez Jr. are charged with armed carjacking resulting in deaths, conspiracy, weapons counts and drug offenses.
Both men have pleaded not guilty. Their attorneys say the family was killed by Mexican drug lords.
Jose Luis Escobedo, his wife, and two young sons were found shot to death on the roadside on Oct. 13, 2006. Prosecutors say they were killed to settle a drug dispute.