Prosecution: Illegal Immigrant Admits Killing Girlfriend, Son in Alabama

Prosecution: Illegal Immigrant Admits Killing Girlfriend, Son in Alabama
José Paulino Pascual-Reyes at the jail in Dadeville, Ala., on Aug. 1, 2022. Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department via AP
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DADEVILLE, Ala.—A man charged in the deaths of his live-in girlfriend and her son, whose dismembered bodies were discovered in central Alabama after a 12-year-old girl escaped captivity in a rural mobile home, has admitted to killing the two, prosecutors told a judge.

José Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, gave self-incriminating information about the deaths of Sandra Vazquez Ceja, 29, and her juvenile son in more than one statement, Tallapoosa County authorities said in a court document filed Tuesday.