THE NATION - News from May 14, 2009
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Two men were sentenced to death for the 2006 drug-debt slaying of a family of four on the side of a highway, including two young boys who died in their mother’s arms.
Daniel Troya, 26, and Ricardo Sanchez Jr., 25, both received two death sentences, for the two child victims, and five life terms each by District Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley in West Palm Beach.
They were convicted of killing Jose Luis Escobedo, 28; his wife, Yessica Guerrero Escobedo, 25; and their sons, Luis Julian, 4, and Luis Damian, 3.
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