Aguilar (29, Madera, California); Jose Jorge Monteon Delfin (42, Los Angeles, California); Edgar Yanez Gutierrez (25, address unknown); Robert Hayes (35, Tampa, Florida); Noemi Monteon (37, Los Angeles, California); Gabriel Salazar Pena (43, Manteca, California); Enrique Hernandez Ramirez (41, Dade City, Florida); Jabulani Bendar Seay (34, Tampa, Florida); Gwendolyn Shank (54, Tampa, Florida); Carlos Byron Smith (32, Tampa Florida); Alejandro Arias Perez (40, Dade City, Florida); Jennifer… [read post]

Houston Chronicle columnist Rick Casey offered this observation, supplemented with the opinion of at least one commissioner, regarding the expert testimony from the state fire marshal before the Texas Forensic Science Commission on the Todd Willingham case:Not a single independent scientist came forth to defend the work of Texas Deputy Fire Marshal Manuel Vasquez, who died in 1994, or the Corsicana arson investigator.Instead of seeking a scientist, the State Fire Marshal's Office put… [read post]

And from Ed Salazar, the assistant State Fire Marshal.It was an investigator with the State Fire Marshal’s office, Manuel Vasquez, who led the original fire investigation at the Willingham house and who compiled the flawed arson evidence. [read post]

The defendant, Manuel Leija-Sanchez, 43, was arraigned Monday in U.S. [read post]

The accident killed the woman and left Manuel Salazar a paraplegic. [read post]