Houston Chronicle
HOUSTON, Texas -- Before being charged with killing a Porter woman and her pregnant daughter in a crash Sunday, Ignacio Gomez-Gutierrez had been convicted three times for drunken driving in Harris County, court records show.
His third DWI arrest, which would normally become a felony, was reduced to a misdemeanor, a move the mayor's crime victims advocate calls a "pivotal moment" that ultimately led to the deaths of Maria Ortiz, 49, and her 18-year-old daughter, Vanessa, who was five months pregnant.
Records also show Gomez-Gutierrez, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was never deported after serving his time in jail in 2002, 2004 and 2005.
Posted by tyne at March 30, 2007