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    Wohlford gets 99 years for murder (Ernest Lee Ibarra, Jr., 30)

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    https://www.tribnow.com/news/wohlfor...ear-case-close

    I SAW THIS ONE ON AN EPISODE OF INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY'S AMERICAN MONSTER

    http://archives.etypeservices.com/Pi...zine185055.pdf

    Riveting testimony was heard in the murder trial of Samantha Nicole Wohlford, 27, who was fourth person to be convicted in the murder and aggravated kidnapping of Ernest Lee Ibarra, Jr. It took a Camp County jury less than an hour to return a verdict of guilty. It took about the same time for the jury to give Wolford 99 years.

    A Titus County jury had already found Wolford guilty of aggravated kidnapping of her husband. In light of the evidence and facts of the offense, 276th District Judge Robert Rolston ordered that the 99-year sentence imposed by the Camp County Jury to be served consecutively in addition to the 50-year sentence previously imposed on Wohlford in her Titus County trial.

    Testimony revealed Ibarra was at his residence asleep in the bed with his wife, Wohlford, when three men, Jose Ponse, Jonathan Sanford and Octavious Rhymes, came through the front door of the home at approximately 2 a.m. on Feb. 20, 2015. The men dragged Ibarra out of his bed and 'pistol whipped' him before taking him to Sand Crossing in Camp County where he was fatally shot in the head. Initially, Wohlford told authorities she was a victim herself, but after Ponse and Sanford were arrested it became clear to officers Wohlford was in on the incident.

    Camp County Assistant District Attorney David Colley questioned Titus County Sheriff 's Investigator Chris Bragg who told the court he felt like the crime scene had been staged. He also testified that Wohlford's account of the incident began to change as he questioned her while Ibarra was still missing Bragg also testified about the shell casing that was found close to Ibarra's body.

    'The shell casing that was found close to Mr. Ibarra's body matched the gun found at Octavious Rhymes,' Bragg said. On cross-examination Wohlford's attorney, Bart Crayton, asked Bragg if he took into account that Wohlford had been up for 24 hours straight during the investigation.

    Bragg said, 'She was pretty consistent about lying.'

    Testimony from Sanford told the court they had talked about several scenarios on how to get rid of Ibarra including planting drugs in his vehicle and calling police to turn him in.

    Sanford testified he told Wohlford not to worry; they'd take care of Ibarra. Sanford told the court he had told Wohlford if she was serious about getting rid of Ibarra to leave the door unlocked, and it was unlocked when they got there.

    Sanford also testified the three men gagged him, taped his head and tied him up. They put him in the back of Wohlford's own Chevy Equinox and took him to Sand Crossing, southeast of Lone Star Steel in Camp County. Sanford said they had meth, a knife, a gun and beat up a guy begging for his life in the car, so it was the one time he didn't speed when they left Wohlford's house heading to Sand Crossing.

    Iberra was begging not to be killed, and then he was begging them not to hurt his wife and kids. They got him out of the car on the county road, took him into the briars and got as far as they could. Sanford was holding Ibarra up, followed by Ponse and Rhymes. He told the others he would cut Ibarra'sthroat so there wouldn't be the noise of a gunshot.

    Sanford dropped Ibarra, turned around and then Ponse shot him. Colley asked if seeing Ibarra shot bothered him. 'The thing that bothered me was the bullet going by so close to my head,' he said. Ponse asked Sanford if Ibarra was dead.

    'I picked him up by the hair, checked the entrance and exit wound, saw blood coming out of his nose and mouth, dropped him and said 'game over',' Sanford said.

    'You told her you could get rid of her husband'' Colley asked. 'Yes,' Sanford said.

    'What was her response to her husband being beaten'' Colley asked. 'She was crying. I guess the best way to describe it was she was in a state of shock,' Sanford said.

    'Did she ever say stop'' Colley asked. 'Not that I recall,' Sanford said. Colley told the court cell phone records matched the defendant communicating with the men. In the beginning, Wohlford said she didn't know who the three men were. In closing arguments, Crayton gave jurors a long list of reasons for what he called 'reasonable doubt.'

    However in the conclusion of Colley's statements he told the jury: 'This wasn't two guys in a fight; this was a guy asleep in his own bed. A man who worked two jobs for his family. He was taunted; he was beaten. This isn't a five year case; this is a life case,' Colley said.

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