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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Dad won't face charges in beating death of alleged child molester

Heather McMinn, district attorney for Guadalupe, Gonzales and Lavaca Counties, speaks at a news conference with Lavaca County Sheriff Micah Harmon, second from right, and V'anne Huger, right, attorney for the father, at a news conference Tuesday in Halletttesville, Texas, on a father who beat to death a man who tried molesting his 5-year-old daughter. Officials said the Lavaca County grand jury met Tuesday and declined to return an indictment against the father in the death of 47-year-old Jesus Mora Flores.