EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The trial of a man accusing of shooting and killing a prominent attorney began Monday, Oct. 16 in 210th District Court.
Joseph Angel Alvarez is charged with one count of murder and another count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the 2020 murder of attorney Georgette Kaufmann and shooting her husband, Daniel.
Police investigated the murder and shooting for a year before Alvarez was arrested.
According to a court documents obtained by KTSM, Alvarez allegedly harbored anti-semitic thoughts and harbored a bizarre belief that the Memorial Park neighborhood, where the murder took place, was the center of a Satanic abortion ritual site.
The trial will resume at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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