Vanessa Anne Ocampo

19-year-old Vanessa Ann Ocampo confessed to authorities on September 5, 2008, that she and her 15-year sister had knifed a man to death for $15, at the request of their mother, 38-year-old Danette R. Gillespie.

Ocampo said she and her family went to Eugene Palma's bar Gene's Better Times, in Pasadena, Texas, and followed the 75-year-old bar owner to his home after he closed up for the night in the early morning hours of September 3, 2008. The two teenagers ran to Palma's garage, stabbed him several times and searched his pockets and car, finding only $15.

Fast Facts

Born: About 1989¹
Interviewed by police over the phone¹
Arrested in San Antonio¹
Sister and mother arrested in Houston¹

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