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| Ice cream vendor shot by work release inmate |
| By WFAA-TV.com |
| Published: 06/27/2005 |
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While out for the day on a work release program, police said Adrian Escobedo killed an ice cream vendor and then returned to his cell. The murder happened in broad daylight in front of children. Francisco Badillo, 28, was robbed and shot to death while pushing his ice cream cart in November 2003 in west Oak Cliff. The murder remained unsolved until police got a tip that led them to Escobedo, 27. They found him in the Dallas County Jail serving time for family violence and assault on a deputy constable. Escobedo had spent time in and out of jail for years. Police learned Escobedo was supposed to be working as backhoe operator, but they said he was committing crimes instead. Police said after the murder, Escobedo checked himself back into the jail. It is not unusual for a judge to let convicted criminals leave jail to work, and the county probation office said there was no indication he posed a danger. "I think the response at the time given the situation was appropriate and is something we would normally do because we didn't have reason to do more," said Jim Mills, interim director of Dallas County's Community Supervision and Corrections Department. Police said they didn't give up on solving this crime and have now charged Escobedo with capital murder. |
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