Rudolfo Pinon III is charged with murder, accused of hitting and killing a woman he was dating. Records allege he also tried to run over witnesses following the incident.
The woman was reportedly trying to leave her abusive partner and now-accused killer, Oscar Daniel Vega Espinoza, who is not in custody.
"These balloons are filled with helium just as we are filled with pain and sorrow," Jaynice Ferguson's brother-in-law and family pastor told ABC13. Her relatives lit candles and released purple, blue, and white balloons in her honor amid shouts of "Justice for Jaynice."
"Nothing kept him away," Jaynice Ferguson's sister told only ABC13, a week after her loved one's killing. The 23-year-old victim's family said her ex repeatedly assaulted her despite a protection order.
The 45-year-old man was known to be abusive toward his 23-year-old ex-girlfriend, in one instance reportedly telling her family, "If I can't have her, then nobody can."
Investigators said the 22-year-old was helping a woman leave her ex-boyfriend's apartment in League City when the ex allegedly fired two shots, hitting the man in the back of the head.