Most of the time, as he learned from reading scientific journals, these women are teachers who fall in love with a student. Stephanie Limon Martinez (right), shown with lawyer Casie Gotro, is fighting child-abuse allegations she said are based on retaliation. She started to cry. Kristie, still unemployed, pawned a radio. Anna found a job at a tortilla factory and tried to raise awareness about the case. Gentry was a minister, and though he had told the lawyers he believed homosexuality to be a sin, he also said this belief wouldnt cloud his judgment. 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. The Texas Observer is known for its fiercely independent, uncompromising work which we are pleased to provide to the public at no charge in this space. So he traveled to Texas to get a better sense of who she was. When he denied that the letters existed, she took them out and pointed to his signature. In terms of mileage from the Yukon, the North Pole would have been a shorter journey. Anna, Cassie, Kristie and Elizabeth emerged from the jail, holding hands in a line with Mike Ware, and raised their arms up. I want my babies back, she said, crying. Now it was Anna who had wielded the gun, not Elizabeth. Im sorry it has taken this long for me to know what truly happened, she said haltingly. Alejandre further denied ever selling drugs for Morales or being asked to do so. Kids' removal called payback for recanting, Woman fighting to clear name in 1994 sex assault is paroled, Parole OK'd for woman fighting for exoneration. Anna Vasquez talks with her brother Jerry Vasquez on their mother's front porch after they celebrated her first Thanksgivings after being released on parole, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. They worked together at a nursing home, where the residents would constantly tell Gloria what a caring and charming girl she had raised. I think Im going to wait for him to come to me, she told me shortly before her release. By late 2013, he had cycled through several careers and was working for a security company and studying criminal justice at a community college in Stafford, near Houston. At one point, the sound of wind and cars passing on the highway accompanies a shot of an empty lot. We were inseparable, Cassie said. A statue of a praying angel stands near Maria Vasquez, right, in her living room where Vasquez prayed daily for her daughter Anna Vasquez. San Antonio El Berrendo San Ricardo Santa Luca San Roberto Palo Blanco El Capricho Las Minitas El Guerreo El Porvenir Jess Ortiz El RecuerdoEl GuerreoEl Guerreo (That account was backed up by Oscar, Rosemarys partner in Denver, as well as by Rosemary herself in recent interviews. It was mentioned mostly by the defense attorneys, who attempted to show that relationships between women have nothing to do with pedophilia. Matjeka's tone grew less friendly. Anna Vasquez, left, appears safe in her brother Robert Vasquez's arms as she returned home after serving 12 and a half years in prison. 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. The crowd cheered. Elizabeth Ramirez is in the Hobby Unit in Marlin, Texas, September 5, 2012. Spending on cops and tech at the border has increased ninefold in a decade. Visitors give TX state park final farewell after land sold, Dallas judge revives sexual misconduct suit against Jerry Jones. Elizabeth told him about Javier, about her trial, and about the guilt she felt for her friends prison sentences. 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 told me about a man who is constantly in relationships with women who take advantage of him. Anna Vasquez served more than a decade in jail while the other three women remain imprisoned. But Javiers sister, Cristina Aguilar, described Javier very differently. In September, a new state law had taken effect, passed in the spring by the Texas Legislature. Waiting to solve 5. Thats so rude, she said. 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I showed the letters and samples of Javiers handwriting to several forensic document examiners. A tearful Anna Vasquez, left, embraces her mother Maria Vasquez. Then, only a couple minutes later, the spokesman came back out breathless. Articles must link back to the original article and contain the following attribution at the top of the story: This article was originally published by the, Articles cannot be rewritten, edited or changed beyond alignments with house style books. Alejandre testified she went to the sheriff's substation voluntarily and spoke with Sgt. Had she ever left her nieces under the care of her friends? But as he scanned articles on the Internet, there was one case that didnt fit the pattern. 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Vazquez along with three other women are fighting for exoneration from a 1994 sexual assualt case. Casie Gotro, Stephanie's lawyer, is at left. She never stopped sending him letters. He may even take the stand and say again what he has always repeated, that he did what any parent would do. The sun started to set as family members and friends of the four women lined up outside the county jail, breathing in sharply each time the doors opened. At screenings of Deborah Esquenazis documentary footage, she wooed supporters. Shortly after his daughters stayed at Elizabeths apartment, Javier called her and said he had something important to tell her. Limon was the boyfriend of Ramirez's sister at the time. They looked like celebrities inundated by paparazzi. They scribbled the events of the week, as the women remember, on a large white poster board in a grid organized by woman and by day. San Javier Los Pandos Las Palmas Joel Garza Santa CruzLa Represa El Organo Lupe Lpez Don Miguel San Manuel Santa Cruz Los banos Luis Garza Los Drenes . Elizabeth, who had recently turned 20, climbed into his unmarked police car. At H-E-B they met Cassie Rivera, who, before coming to terms with her attraction to other women, had a son and a daughter and then split with their father. As their families paid lawyers to file appeals, Cassie and Anna, still very much in love, set out together to investigate the case on their own. I trusted Elizabeth, that she wasnt going to hurt my daughters, he said. Some of the discrepancies came from Serafina Limon, Javiers mother, who initially reported the girls outcries. Matjeka was helping investigate a sex crime and asked if she would come to the station to answer a few questions. No olvides preguntar por sus ofertas, descuentos y especiales del momento. Stephanie Limon Martinez, right breaks down before 315th District Court Judge Angela E. Ellis during questioning at a hearing concerning custody of her children, in Houston, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. They took the girls to Walmart, where they bought a fish. Anna Vasquez, right, enjoys a laugh with her brother David Vasquez and her mother Maria Vasquez over a plate of turkey dinner as they celebrate her first Thanksgivings after being released on parole, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. Follow her on Twitter @gina_k210, An inmate on trial for allegedly directing the 2014 murder of a Santa Maria drug dealer finished testifying in his own defense Friday but not . Vasquez's mother, Maria Vasquez, and aunt, Valeria Pachecano, attended the meeting in her place. Please log in, or sign up for a new account to continue reading. Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. It was like living in a labor camp, he said. "Word is on the street is that someone else did it, and not [Gregorio Agustine]?" When I reached her by phone hoping to clarify what had happened, she told me, I dont talk to reporters. What was next? Deborah Esquenazi sat in the front seat and held a camera as Stephanie read. "I'm a single mom raising kids, living on the streets," she testified, becoming emotional on the stand. Two days after their release, the women appeared at a hastily arranged press conference. If he did, Im going to ask for a mistrial. The judge overruled that request. Elizabeth was stunned. Cassandra, who goes by Cassie, was uncomfortable and could sense something was wrong. . Originally the most reticent of the four, Anna became their spokeswoman. Elizabeth had been incarcerated nearly 17. He stormed away. To be honest with you, she said, I feel so bad for my brother, because I tell him hes got the worst luck with women.. Anna Vasquez had played sports with Elizabeth in high school. 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. Years went by without a response. Gloria took her to the hospital and then kicked her out of the house. Limon was her sisters ex-boyfriend, and the two daughters were her 7- and 9-year-old nieces. He knew what was going to hurt me the most, she told me. It turned my stomach, she said. Life after death row and the search for justice. We didnt understand it, and we didnt like it. Elizabeth remembers being racked with guilt as Cassie, Anna and Kristie faced trial together a year later, in February 1998. She saw them often. Gloria Herrera has taped a picture of her daughter Elizabeth Ramirez, as a young girl, to a rosary and placed it around a statue of Jesus displayed in a shrine, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Kristies parents were divorced and her mother, like Elizabeths, was uncomfortable with her daughters sexual orientation. 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. A version of this story ran in the January 2014 issue. She looked stoic and resigned. The case caught the attention of just almost every eyeball out there. Cassandra Rivera gave the white teddy bear at right to her mother, Margaret Rivera (left), 11 years ago. Its just so unusual and bizarre.. As a child, he explained, according to the trial transcript, VL had offered a confabulation of facts, and a jumbling of things, weapons, bedrooms, hatred towards family. He theorized that Javier had held a gun to her mother Rosemarys head years before in Denver, and that this had been refracted in the childs mind to include Elizabeth. She testified under oath at the trial that Javier had arrived in Denver and threatened her with a gun. I tried writing the innocence projects and Oprah and Maury Povich and Montel, Anna told me, anybody who would listen. 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. It doesnt mean were all intimate together, had any kind of sexual togetherness., The trial lasted only a couple of days. defense attorney Michael Scott asked. Anna Vasquez could not attend the meeting because of her parole restrictions. Theres a home video from the period shortly before Kristie, Cassie and Anna went to prison in 2000. This is a carousel. They couldnt get me drunk or doing anything illegal. He and Rosemary had gone through a messy custody battle over the kids after she moved to Denver and began a relationship with a former friend of Javiers named Oscar Aguirre. 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. But little happened for a year. Stephanie Limon did not clarify the situation. The Firm presently has twelve members. 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. Cassie met her one night when she went to pick up a pizza. Comment * at what temperature do stink bugs die. As Elizabeths mother, Gloria, remembers it, her daughter handed over the letters from Javier and said, Mom, hes after me. Gloria invited Javier out to breakfast and confronted him. He said, I love you. He held me so tight. 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. Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas. When Elizabeth went to get a haircut, the hairdresser wouldnt let her pay. A tearful Anna Vasquez speaks on a phone during a prison interview Sept. 4, 2012. Discovery channel documentary 'Southwest of Salem: the Story of the San Antonio Four' unravels the case against lesbians accused of abuse. Eventually the two would move in together, and Anna would treat Cassies two kids as her own. Please purchase a subscription to continue reading. One of them, Elizabeth Ramirez, had a profile on the website WriteAPrisoner.com. When the two former lovers saw each other, We were both just shaking, Cassie remembers. 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 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. If a woman abuses a young child, it often means the perpetrator has a mental illness. Asked about how the world had changed during her time in prison, she described going to a restaurant and noticing families eating together in silence while each member stared at a smartphone. Her long straight hair was in a perm with her bangs teased up off her forehead. No, nothing like that happened, Limon Martinez replied. Maria Vasquez (right), mother of Anna Vasquez, shakes hands with Gloria Herrera (left), mother of Elizabeth Ramirez, as Anna Vasquez's aunt, Valeria Pachecano stands in between during a meeting of the San Antonio Crime Coalition on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. But the pool of advocates for the women was growing. Cameras flashed and clicked as the women were engulfed. Philip Kazen, Elizabeths prosecutor, is now a judge. San Antonio police arrested Zion J. Limon, 20, in connection with the shootings. Get our latest in-depth reporting straight to your inbox. More letters followed, each one taking about two weeks between his home and Elizabeths prison in Marlin. The cameramen turned on their night-lights, which reflected off the glass of the jail door. Elizabeth shrugged off her mothers warnings. The film showcases the innocent women's fight for innocence and persistence throughout their nearly 15 years in prison. An emotional Anna Vasquez pauses before answering questions about three of her friends who are still in prison. Recently he had been sending her love letters. The women had been drinking tequila and were topless, VL said. Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. More of his work can be found at mauricechammah.com. His parents were Salvador Allende supporters and he recalled what happened in a Reddit Ask Me Anything. An affidavit submitted by a CPS caseworker outlines multiple accusations against the couple, from having a filthy apartment to being violent with each other, which they both deny. Elizabeth Ramirez, right, and Cassandra Rivera are both in the Hobby Unit in Marlin, Texas. Limon brought the case against his own daughter. The allegations that arose in 1994 stunned Elizabeth Ramirez. 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. Dogs were barking and a few neighbors watched from a distance as she sat on the front steps and talked to a local TV anchor. The scene of the crime had vanished. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. She would do the same thing if somebody was hurting her child., Elizabeth herself, several months earlier, had said nearly the same words. Cassie remembers her lawyer telling the women that they would surely win and coaching them not to jump up and down when the jury announced an acquittal. The lawyers, standing in a row behind them, answered the big-picture questions about the new state law and the legal actions to come. Anna applied to nursing school. Anna had traded her usual T-shirts and jeans for a purple blouse. Michelle Mondo published a story strongly implying that Javier filed the allegation as punishment for Stephanies recantation. Ramirez was tried separately and sentenced to 37 and a half years, more than double that of her three friends, who were tried together. 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.. About a month after he sent Elizabeth a letter, Otto came home from work to find her response in the mail. But still they were baffled. Her brother, Chis Vasquez, right, is her unofficial guard, making sure she is OK as friends greet her. Booking mugshots of Elizabeth Ramirez (from left), Kristie Mayhugh, Anna Vasquez and Cassandra Rivera. He liked to party and her workaholic lifestyle drove them apart, but not before she became pregnant with his son. Anna was working at a Little Caesars. I always felt like an outsider, my whole life, he said. Dr. Nancy Kellogg is still a respected member of the San Antonio medical community. Gina Kim covers crime and courts for Santa Maria Times. Cassie, who worked at AutoZone and frequented car shows, thought about becoming a mechanic. 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. Cassie didnt understand, so Anna broke the news: They too were being accused of sexually assaulting Elizabeths nieces. He was an ex-boyfriend of Ramirez's sister who the family said had made romantic advances toward the much younger Ramirez. 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. Vasquez could not attend the meeting because of her parole restrictions. Kristie Mayhugh, seen here Sept. 4, 2012, is incarcerated at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas. Every other day, she told me, shed clean the office of her sisters prosecutor, Philip Kazen. She had rejected his advances. Kelloggs admission suddenly undermined the key evidence in the case. The arresting officers would not even let me kiss him goodbye.. She said that her father Javier had coached her to make the accusations. The crowd followed the women down the jail steps. Cassie and Anna are looking for Elizabeths old apartment. He found criminals particularly fascinating, especially the psychologically obscure, because, like him, they were on the fringes of society. Rosemary got a job supervising the cleaning staff at the courthouse downtown. There was seldom evidence other than the statements of children or adults who recovered memories from their youth. 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. It was hard for me to really get my mind around what they had been accused of doing, he recalled. on The man standing outside her small apartment had thick black hair. Subscribe now to get the latest news delivered right to your inbox. You can chip in for as little as 99 cents a month. A San Antonio, Texas judge is considering what he will recommend to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals after hearing testimony that four women convicted of sexually abusing two young girls in 1994 should be exonerated. Elizabeths mother called her grandson to tell him that his mother would soon be released. Alejandre testified that she was told by Morales that Limon was killed because he avoided paying money he collected from drug transactions and went into hiding. Shifts at AutoZone. 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. Elizabeth was completely lost in the huddle. In high school, she remained small, never more than 4-foot-9, though that didnt keep her from playing on the basketball team. His packet of information about the case ended up on the desk of Debbie Nathan, a journalist who wrote Satans Silence, the seminal book on the satanic scandals, and who regularly vets cases for the organization. As prison guards at the Crain Unit in Gatesville close the gate behind her, Anna Vasquez opens the door to a relative's car after being released on parole Nov. 2, 2012. His questions grew more personal. Where had these accusations come from? According to Ramirez, the accusation came after she rebuffed romantic advances by Limon. By the time of the trials, she told me, good pediatricians knew this stuff had been discredited.. I thought you said that if youre gay and you were friends, thats a gay relationship?, No. Of course she did. Around the same time, Anna was put on maintenance duty and assigned to fix the lights in Cassies cell. If it had been a man, I dont think there would have been much of a question.. Mondos front-page story came out Christmas week 2010 with little impact. 2021 The Texas Observer. The language was chatty and upbeat. Javier says that Oscar stabbed him in the back by dating Rosemary, and that due to a stint in prison, Oscar was an excellent forger. Elizabeth Ramirez was four months pregnant when she heard a knock at the door. She wanted a relationship with me. Javiers older daughterwho, because she is still officially considered a victim of child sexual abuse, Ill identify with the initials VLtestified that after several carefree days at Elizabeths apartment, her aunt called her into the bedroom one afternoon and began shouting at her. In other ways, though, her life was starting to look up. I know youre very nervous, her lawyer said, according to the transcript. There had been other little kidsCassies kids and some neighborsin the apartment throughout the week, but now she was adamant that she and her sister had been the only children. September 5, 2012. Alejandre is heard saying. Kristie remembers her friend accepting money and rides. That was the last time they spoke. It is probable that [Javier] wrote it, said one, adding that there is not enough evidence to make a definite identification or elimination. 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