Danziger and Ochoa: Why Did Freedom Take So Long?
Danziger and Ochoa, who each served more than a decade in prison for a murder they did not commit, are each suing the city of Austin as well as several individual Austin police officers, claiming they ran a slipshod investigation into the murder of Nancy DePriest. The suits argue that APD detectives coerced Ochoa into falsely confessing to the crime and implicating Danziger, and further contend that APD later withheld exculpatory evidence that could have earlier exonerated the two men and brought the real killer to justice. Danziger is also suing the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice; just a year into his life term, he was attacked by another inmate and now suffers from permanent brain damage.
The Danziger and Ochoa suits promise to, once again, bring to the surface questions about a dark chapter in APD history. In probing the
Crime Scene Confidential is investigating a controversial case involving the horrific murder of Nancy DePriest at a fast-food chain in Austin, Texas, in
The case is notable not just for the brutality of the murder but also for the miscarriage of justice that followed. Christopher Ochoa and Richard Danziger were both convicted of Nancy&#;s murder and spent 12 years in prison before the real killer, Achim Josef Marino, was identified.
On October 24, , year-old Nancy started her shift early at a Pizza Hut restaurant. She had gone in early to prepare the dough for the day.
However, when the manager turned up at the restaurant a couple of hours later, they found Nancy, the mother of a month-old daughter, lying slumped and naked on the bathroom floor. She had been tied up with a bra and shot in the back of the head.
Nancy was still alive, but she passed away a short time later at the hospital.
The cops discovered that money had been stolen from the safe, but there was no sign of forced entry. They wondered if Nancy had known her killer.
A couple of weeks later, Christopher Ochoa and Richard Danziger, two employees from another branch of Pizza Hut, came into Nancy&#;s re
Christopher Ochoa
The victim worked at a Pizza Hut in Austin, where she had been tied up with her bra, raped, and shot in the head in the wake of an early morning robbery. She was still alive when the police arrived but died later that night. The police began investigating local Pizza Hut employees on the theory that a master key was used to gain entry.
Christopher Ochoa and Richard Danziger were roommates who also worked at an Austin area Pizza Hut. They were observed by a Pizza Hut waitress eating and drinking beer in what she surmised to be a toast to the victim. Police questioned Ochoa and Danziger in November , and the two subsequently became the main suspects.
In their interviews, the police noted that Danziger seemed to know much about the crime that was not public knowledge.
Ochoa was questioned separately and the police reported that he had confessed his involvement in the crime, pointing to Danziger as the assailant who shot DePriest after they robbed the restaurant. The state offered to give him a life sentence if he agreed to plead guilty and testify against Danziger at trial. Under threat of receiving the death penalty and by the advice of his attorney, Ochoa ag
Richard Danziger
The victim worked at a Pizza Hut in Austin, where she had been tied up with her bra, raped, and shot in the head in the wake of an early morning robbery. She was still alive when the police arrived but died later that night. The police began investigating local Pizza Hut employees on the theory that a master key was used to gain entry.
Christopher Ochoa and Richard Danziger were roommates who also worked at an Austin area Pizza Hut. They were observed by a Pizza Hut waitress eating and drinking beer in what she surmised to be a toast to the victim. Police questioned Ochoa and Danziger in November , and the two subsequently became the main suspects.
In their interviews, the police noted that Danziger seemed to know much about the crime that was not public knowledge.
Ochoa was questioned separately and the police reported that he had confessed his involvement in the crime, pointing to Danziger as the assailant who shot DePriest after they robbed the restaurant. The state offered to give him a life sentence if he agreed to plead guilty and testify against Danziger at trial. Under threat of receiving the death penalty and by the advice of his attorney, Ochoa agr
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