The allegations that arose in 1994 stunned Elizabeth Ramirez. Sometimes truth has to border these parameters of strangeness of different times, weapons, and thats what happens here in this case.. The lawyers had argued about it, and he expected to get cut from the jury pool, but now here he was sitting in the jury box. A boot-wearing, quiet man with a wide smile and blond hair mopped down on his forehead, Ware had worked for years with the Conviction Integrity Unit at the Dallas County District Attorneys office, which investigated old cases for possible wrongful convictions, and helped exonerate dozens of men. Elizabeth told him about Javier, about her trial, and about the guilt she felt for her friends prison sentences. I look at this as a giant jigsaw puzzle, said Mary Burdette, an investigator hired by the lawyers, and sometimes a piece is missing and its just gone., If this case returns to court, VL may be the focus of a high-stakes cross-examination over whether she told the truth as a child. The scene of the crime had vanished. That incident was said to have happened during a visit Aug. 1 to the home of Javier Limon, Stephanie Limon Martinez's father, in Stafford, according to court testimony. The judge hearing the case will determine whether the couple get their children back. One night Elizabeth stole some of her mothers prescription anxiety pills and overdosed. Had she ever left her nieces under the care of her friends? We rely on the generosity of our readers who believe that this work is important. 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He knew her name was Elizabeth Ramirez, and that she was an inmate in a Texas prison, 3,700 miles from his cabin in Canadas frigid Yukon Territory. Ive kind of prepared myself for the feelings he might have, that I abandoned him., Several weeks later, the night she was released, she met him for dinner at Pizza Hut. You know why? He said, I love you. He held me so tight. Mondo spent more than a year on the story, reporting much of it in her spare time. Youre confusing yourself because I said that Kristie wanted a relationship with mea gay relationship with me. Elizabeth had told Detective Matjeka about Javiers advances, but he hadnt thought much of it. At first, Anna was a little distrustful of Elizabeths new friend. You have permission to edit this article. The relationship could remain secret only so long, and when Elizabeths mother found out, their already strained connection suffered further. They found Elizabeth guilty in just a few hours, but their debate about punishment lasted into the evening. But they were careful to say little about Javier and his daughters. I did not want a relationship with her. His questions grew more personal. Cassie didnt understand, so Anna broke the news: They too were being accused of sexually assaulting Elizabeths nieces. By the time of VL and Stephanies outcries, these public dramas had largely died out, though Dr. Kellogg, in her exam notes, had written, this could be satanic-related. Nathan told me it was probably the last time anyone wrote in the record, This looks satanic., She checked Ottos background, since it seemed strange that he was so interested in the case. A sentence of 37 and a half years was a compromise between more and less lenient jurors. Morales didn't incriminate himself in the conversation, Alejandre testified, but police "weren't satisfied" because no confession was elicited. Margaret Vasquez, Anna Vasquez's sister-in-law, holds up a loteria card, as the family plays the family favorite tradition, celebrating Thanksgiving with family members at Anna's mother's house, her first after being released on parole, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. As a lesbian couple in conservative San Antonio, they seldom showed affection in public, but Anna was unusually touchy that morning. Today, Vasquez works with the Texas Innocence Project to overturn other wrongful convictions. Shifts at Arbys. She claimed Morales never told her who Limon owed money to but that she did know there had been a business deal between Morales and Limon that went awry and soured their relationship. Would you like me to go sit down? Elizabeth answered, Yes, please., Later on, Elizabeth interrupted his questions to declare, I love those children 100 percent. Recently he had been sending her love letters. Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. When I reached her by phone hoping to clarify what had happened, she told me, I dont talk to reporters. Though Annas family was more accepting than the others, she still remembers gawking looks whenever she and Cassie would stroll together at carnivals. Anna counseled her, You need to tell somebody, because thats not right. Another friend says Elizabeth kept telling me over and over that she was afraid something was going to happen with Javier. She wanted a relationship with me. District Attorney Susan Reed agreed that the women could be released on bond pending further legal wrangling in the spring, and that she wouldnt attempt a retrial. Do you think free access to journalism like this is important? But Elizabeth soon found problems there as well. Limon Martinez was just 7 when she and her older sister said the women sexually assaulted them. In September, a new state law had taken effect, passed in the spring by the Texas Legislature. Detective Matjeka had little or no experience interviewing children who making complaints of sexual . She saw them often. So he traveled to Texas to get a better sense of who she was. Her father Javier called, and as VL assured him that everything at Aunt Lizs house was going just fine, her aunt held the gun to her head. It wasnt something easily picked up by the wires.. Besides his work as producer has also dabbled as an interpreter and has released three studio albums, Limn, Son de Limn and Mujeres de Agua. While visiting her mother across the room, she would glare at Otto. Investigators say Richard Adam Hernandez shot and killed Rose Marie Limon on January 31 at her apartment on Pecan Valley Drive. Gloria Herrera, left, and her daughter Elizabeth Ramirez in a photo taken during a visit in prison. Of course she did. Morales was serving time for attempted murder at a Lancaster prison around the time of Limon's death, and was using a cellphone to communicate with fellow gang members, along with his girlfriend, Josie Alejandre. The prosecutors, as well as Javier when we spoke 15 years later, accounted for the inconsistencies by saying the girls were young children who could hardly be expected to keep facts straight. She served 12 and a half years. Esquenazi became passionately involved, collecting footage for a documentary that she is still filming. I was only 7, and I was scared.. Anna found a job at a tortilla factory and tried to raise awareness about the case. Jarrett Morris, who told her she could be facing drug trafficking charges and could lose her kids. Anna Vasquez served more than a decade of time in jail while the three other women are still serving time. On Saturday evening, officers were called to the apartment. I never heard anything back.. She also testified that she felt scared as she was high on methamphetamines, stressed and confused when told there was a murder investigation. This makes us one of the biggest by prevailing local standards. I always felt like an outsider, my whole life, he said. But Javiers sister, Cristina Aguilar, described Javier very differently. Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas. Subscribe now to get the latest news delivered right to your inbox. I will make things right, and I am sorry for everything I put you through. He also gave up drinking, he told me, though he never liked the taste of alcohol anyway. In her original statement to police, there had been no gun, but now there was one. He went on to have another bitter custody battle with his next partner, Carina Hooper, who described him to me as hurtful, mean, a sociopath, and said he accused her son of sexually abusing their daughter, and reported Hooper for neglect to Child Protective Services. Anna Vasquez, just released from prison, stops at the "Anna Wall" in her mother's home, joking that the photo of her in a crib as a baby, was the first picture of her behind bars. Ex-girlfriend of inmate charged with ordering slaying of Javier Limon testifies, Breaking News | Local Sports | Daily Headlines | Local Obituaries | Weather | Local Offers. Mama, theyre my nieces, she said. In early February 1997, Elizabeth sat at the defendants table as the judge stated the charges against her: aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child. She never stopped sending him letters. But as he scanned articles on the Internet, there was one case that didnt fit the pattern. If he did, Im going to ask for a mistrial. The judge overruled that request. She had just gotten home from a shift at Arbys, where she had recently been promoted to manager. Matjeka was helping investigate a sex crime and asked if she would come to the station to answer a few questions. But money was tight, and at various times Elizabeth held jobs at Taco Cabana, Arbys and H-E-B. When offered plea deals of 10 years probation, they all refused and decided to go to trial. I would not have one with her., Did you have a gay relationship with Anna?, Did you have a gay relationship with Cassie?, That doesnt mean you have to be together., Well, maybe Im confused. Cassie, who worked at AutoZone and frequented car shows, thought about becoming a mechanic. He explained to Elizabeth that her nieces were accusing her and several of her friendswho had also been at the apartment that weekof sexually abusing them. She discovered that Javiers two daughters had made abuse allegations before, in Denver, but then claimed at Elizabeths trial to not remember having done so. Alejandre testified she went to the sheriff's substation voluntarily and spoke with Sgt. Elizabeth Ramirez is in the Hobby Unit in Marlin, Texas, September 5, 2012. 2021 The Texas Observer. Vazquez along with three other women are fighting for exoneration from a 1994 sexual assualt case. Now Kristie had been at the apartment, whereas before she hadnt. With her are her lawyer, Casie Gotro, and her husband, Joseph Martinez. Ramirez theorized at the time that Javier Limon, her sister Rosemary's ex-boyfriend and her nieces' father was upset with her because she rejected his many romantic overtures after he went through a bad breakup with her sister, the Texas Observer reported. Elizabeth Ramirez, the aunt, and her friends Anna Vasquez, Cassandra Rivera and Kristie Mayhugh are fighting to clear their names in the bizarre case that spurred talk of Satanism when they were accused in 1994. Its just so unusual and bizarre.. I want my babies back, she said, crying. You must understand I was threatened, and I was told that if I did tell the truth that I would end up in prison, taken away, and even get my ass beat. Promotional materials distributed by your outlet, including all social media work, must include cites for the Observer and our reporter. His sister, Cristina, became increasingly angry as she told me, I remember [Javiers older daughter] telling me that they touched them, moving their hands back and forth down there. Anna Vasquez, just home after serving 12 and a half years in prison, admires family photos on the walls in her mother's home. When the two former lovers saw each other, We were both just shaking, Cassie remembers. Prior to the accusation, Elizabeth had rejected the advances of the children's father Javier Limon. Stephanie Limon did not clarify the situation. Gresser claimed thatAlejandre often missed calls from Morris, and still continued selling or using drugs. Lawmakers passed the measure with a host of recent scandals in mind, including debates over arson science, use of dog scents in police lineups and shaken baby syndrome. 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HOUSTON A young woman who recently recanted a nearly 20-year-old accusation of sexual assault, which had sent her aunt and three other women to prison, was in a courtroom here Monday fighting child-abuse allegations leveled at her. Every other day, she told me, shed clean the office of her sisters prosecutor, Philip Kazen. Yes. She now says that didn't happen. A video of Anna Vasquez plays on a computer and is projected to an audience at a meeting of the San Antonio Crime Coalition on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. At the time of her death, Limon's father stated he had just walked . Javier said that after the girls spent the week at Elizabeths in July 1994, he didnt notice anything different at first. All of the Texas Observers articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: You can chip in for as little as 99 cents a month. A tearful Anna Vasquez speaks on a phone during a prison interview Sept. 4, 2012. It was hard for me to really get my mind around what they had been accused of doing, he recalled. She and her husband, Joseph Martinez (right), were in a Houston courtroom Dec. 3 fighting child-abuse allegations leveled at her by her father Javier Limon, who was given as the reason his two daughters made accusations of sexual abuse against four women in 1994 that led to them being sent to prison. . Every Sunday, she would write her son a letter and have her mother deliver it. When the jury announced her guilt, Elizabeth remembers her mother standing up and screaming, No! Allowed five minutes to say goodbye to her family, Elizabeth was then escorted to a holding cell, where she fainted. Stephanie Limon, the younger of the two accusers, called Debbie Nathan and recanted. The bottom line is this, prosecutor Philip Kazen countered: VL was very clear about specifics in terms of time, place, and content of the sexual assault. Kazen, who is now a judge, didnt respond to multiple interview requests. Alejandre later was promised by police that her charges would be dismissed if she agreed to cooperate with their investigation and also testify. She wasnt receptive, Javier told me. Did you threaten him with pepper spray? the lawyer asked. Cassie and Anna are looking for Elizabeths old apartment. Gloria Herrera keeps a picture of her daughter Elizabeth Ramirez in a Bible in her bedroom, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. During that conversation, which was played to the jury, Alejandre could be heard asking Morales who killed Limon. She thought I was up to something, Otto told me. Alejandre countered that it was difficult to pick up calls while she was on the streets, couldn't pay her phone bill, and she reiterated that she only sold drugs to support her children. We have no ads to show you! "I thought you weren't supposed to face charges, per the agreement?" In the midst of her legal troubles, Elizabeth gave birth to her son. Anna Vasquez talks with mother Maria Vasquez, center, and friend Denise Tristan, left, as they celebrate Thanksgiving with family members at her mother's house, her first after being released on parole, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. All four were indicted for sexually assaulting Elizabeths nieces, and all four maintained their innocence while scrambling to remember if anything out of the ordinary had happened the week the girls stayed at Elizabeths apartment. She had rejected his advances. The Firm presently has twelve members. Now it was Anna who had wielded the gun, not Elizabeth. It is probable that [Javier] wrote it, said one, adding that there is not enough evidence to make a definite identification or elimination. Another explained, It is one thing to attempt to imitate someones signature once or twice, but an entirely different and exponentially more difficult thing to attempt to successfully imitate a large quantity of extended writing.. The crowd followed the women down the jail steps. Cassie met her one night when she went to pick up a pizza. Photos, illustrations and other art may be available for syndication but must be confirmed. Cassandra Rivera gave the white teddy bear at right to her mother, Margaret Rivera (left), 11 years ago. In September 2015, Morris texted Alejandre, telling her to show up to court for her drug possession for sale charges, along with special gang enhancements, she testified. Thank you for using this website. An emotional Anna Vasquez pauses before answering questions about three of her friends who are still in prison. Otto was initially skeptical; he asked her the same questions in letter after letter, to see if her answers remained consistent. She had not spoken to him for 13 years, though family members had updated her on his growth, his football games and his girlfriends, and informed her that he was staying out of trouble. He is now 18, with a job and a girlfriend. It was August 2012, and Stephanie, then 25, was a mother herself. Javier said that Stephanie had taken advantage of his kindness. They realized that the four of them had rarely been in the apartment at the same time, because they were so busy with long shifts at various jobs at odd hoursyet the girls were claiming that all four women were present for the assault. She was still a convicted sex offender and there was a long list of parole rules: no cell phones, no computers, no contact with anyone under 18. My sister., The more I interviewed the estranged couple, ferrying bits of information between them, the clearer the duality became: Javier was either a vindictive, wrathful man or a caring father who was being smeared by Elizabeths family. Anna Vasquez gives her father Jesse Vasquez a hug as he leaves after celebrating Thanksgiving with family members at her Anna's mother's house, her first after being released on parole, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. I was there every step of the way with my kids, he said. Had he offered to marry her? Sorry, no promotional deals were found matching that code. Elizabeth had been incarcerated nearly 17. Because I could say something, and you could twist it around., At the second trial, there was far less talk of lesbianism. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. 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The cameramen turned on their night-lights, which reflected off the glass of the jail door. Even as a toddler, Elizabeth Ramirez was small for her age. Being a mother, if anything like that happened, she told me, of course I would try to do anything I could for my son.. But I cant do nothin because its my job., All four of the women described to me a transition in prison from rage and bewilderment to acceptance and quiet resolve. When Javier got home, the girls told him the whole shocking story of being held down and raped, he said. Anna remembers Elizabeth coming to her real upset and describing Javiers inappropriate comments. . Anna Vasquez could not attend the meeting because of her parole restrictions. I thought my case was going to go away.". Promotional Rates were found for your code. Limon's body was found. Prosecutor Cindy Gresser later pointed to Alejandre's plea form that she had signed, noting the form indicated she must obey all laws, keep in contact with Morris and follow his terms. Stephaniewho would not comment for this story on her lawyers advicesoon found herself in a legal battle of her own. A version of this story ran in the January 2014 issue. At one point, he had as many as 40 of them, and he would haul 5-gallon buckets from a nearby river for them to drink. When Ramirez rebuffed him, her family claimed, Limon retaliated by. The women cooperated with authorities and vehemently denied that any abuse had taken place. They took the girls to Walmart, where they bought a fish. Elizabeth had nervously trudged out of the cellblock, wearing purple eye shadow that contrasted with the white prison scrubs. Im sorry it has taken this long for me to know what truly happened, she said haltingly. It was the first day of testimony in a hearing involving Stephanie Limon Martinez, 25, and her husband, Joseph Martinez, 29, who both believe the accusations against them are in retaliation. He never felt like Elizabeth took advantage of his kindness; helping people was just in his nature, he said. He let the letter sit on his desk for a week before he put it in the mail. Kazen asked if she was dating Kristie Mayhugh, her roommate and one of the other women accused of abuse. The patriarch of the family, Limon was given as the reason the sisters made the accusations in 1994, according to Ramirez's testimony at her trial for sex abuse. The lawyers, standing in a row behind them, answered the big-picture questions about the new state law and the legal actions to come. We were inseparable, Cassie said. The jury went home for the weekend, returning Monday for the closing arguments. Grandma, I cant tell you because something happened, and they threatened me, the girl said, as Serafina later related to a jury. No. Elizabeth claims back then Limon would. I think Im going to wait for him to come to me, she told me shortly before her release. Though she hadnt prepared to become a young single mother, she knew she could rely on her three close friends for help. Javiers sister Cristina agreed: Shes going to flip on the recantation, to get back at her mom.. The court battle this week pitted Stephanie Limon Martinez and her husband, Joseph Martinez, against her father, Javier Limon, who in court Friday accused them of domestic violence and. Released on parole after serving 12 and a half years of a 15-year sentence, Anna Vasquez speaks at a screening of "San Antonio Four," a documentary by Deborah S. Esquenazi, on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, while holding photos of her friends who are still in prison. Her brother got her a job at his auto shop, but she had to quit when they discovered it was near a school. The cluster reassembled. Did anyone pull out a butcher knife? the couple's lawyer, Casie Gotro, asked her. Where had these accusations come from? The women held her down and started kissing her and putting cold liquid stuff inside her, and then they inserted a tampon into her vagina, she testified. Testimony concluded on a Friday afternoon. Pedro Pascal was born in Santiago, Chile. Im sad inside. She was so trusting, so lovable. Elizabeths sister Monica said, If Liz was a different person she would have had him arrested or placed a restraining order.. He liked to party and her workaholic lifestyle drove them apart, but not before she became pregnant with his son. Cassie saw Elizabeth for the first time at a Catholic mass. And the letters? The questioning continued, focusing on Elizabeths relationships with women. VL claimed that the court reporter must have incorrectly taken down her remarks at Elizabeths trial. Javier told me he testified in court on the matter, but that the police filed the CPS report, not him. The film showcases the innocent women's fight for innocence and persistence throughout their nearly 15 years in prison. Hes been married but now lives alone 40 miles outside of Whitehorse, the territorys capital and, at 30,000 residents, its largest city. I remember reporters at the time wanting to know if we were trying these women because they were lesbian, which was ludicrous, she told me. At screenings of Deborah Esquenazis documentary footage, she wooed supporters. There aren't many places she is allowed to go. The story of the San Antonio Four unfolded like this: In the summer of 1994, Ramirez's two nieces, the 9- and 7-year-old daughters of her older sister, stayed for a week with Ramirez and. Anna Vasquez, recently released on parole, listens to lawyer Jeff Blackburn, center, speak at a Work-In-Progress screening of "San Antonio Four" a documentary by Deborah S. Esquenazi, about Vasquez and three of her friends, who are still in prison, found guilty of sexual assault of two minors. Visitors give TX state park final farewell after land sold, Dallas judge revives sexual misconduct suit against Jerry Jones. Then Mike Ware, another lawyer with the Innocence Project, got involved. This is a carousel. During a cross-examination, Kazen, the prosecutor, broke the flow of his questions to ask, Am I intimidating you up here? I dont want to say I was disowned, but I was, Elizabeth told me. The women had been drinking tequila and were topless, VL said. At the station, Matjeka asked if she knew a man named Javier Limon and his two daughters. Elizabeth and Kristie moved in together as friends. Prison was a place of endless routine, and so she started one of her own. 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