Gerson Funes-Reina is an 18-year-old illegal alien from Honduras who was charged with murder by the Harris County, Texas police on September 2, 2008. The charges developed after the body of his girlfriend's mother, Maria Rodriguez, was found on September 1, 2008, stuffed in a suitcase and abandoned in a wooded area near Houston.Houston Chronicle: Teen couple stuffed slain mom in suitcase (September 2, 2008) Funes-Reina's girlfriend, Priscilla Rodriguez, confessed to cutting a screen window to let him into the house and to assisting her boyfriend dispose of her mother's body. She was held on charges of abusing a corpse.
