Texas prosecutors drop murder charges against 2 of 3 people in fatal stabbing of Seattle woman
Associated PressDALLAS — Texas prosecutors have dropped murder charges against two people in the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Seattle woman as a trial continues with the third defendant. The 2020 killing of Marisela Botello-Valadez drew international attention last year when two of the people arrested in her killing cut off their ankle monitors and left the country while free on bond. But newly public court records show that a judge approved prosecutors’ Friday motions to dismiss the murder charges against the other woman and a man also charged in Botello-Valadez’s killing “in the interest of justice.” A Dallas County District Attorney’s Office spokesperson did not respond to a call and email Monday about why they dropped the murder charges against Nina Marano and Charles Anthony Beltran. Another Dallas killing last year prompted Texas lawmakers to enact a law making it a felony to cut off an ankle monitor.
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