Teens, Mother Charged In Robbery, Stabbing Death
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Teens, Mother Charged In Robbery, Stabbing Death
Two teenage Texas girls are accused of stabbing a 75-year-old man to death in a robbery and police say the mother of one of the girls supplied the knives.
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(September 7, 2008)—Two teenagers in Pasadena near Houston are accused of stabbing a 75-year-old man to death in a robbery and police say the mother of one of the girls provided the knives and waited in a car during the attack.

Dannette Gillespie, 38, her 15-year-old daughter and Vanessa Anne Ocampo, 19, are each charged with capital murder in the death of bar owner Eugene Palma

According to court records, Gillespie's daughter and Ocampo stabbed and robbed Palma outside of his suburban Houston home early Wednesday in a robbery that netted the two teenagers $15.

Ocampo reportedly told police that the women had been looking for someone to rob.

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Posted by: Me Location: Central Texas on Sep 9, 2008 at 06:02 PM

Bring back the rope, it worked (to curtail criminal behavior) in the past.
Posted by: susiebw Location: kempner on Sep 8, 2008 at 02:43 PM

Good grief, what kind of mother would teach her children or allow them to do something so horrible?
Posted by: Just sayin is all Location: Ft Hood on Sep 8, 2008 at 02:07 PM

Strap em down, I wouldnt give 15 cents to save those lowlifes.
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