The brothers confronted and attacked their stepfather after he was accused of abusing their half-sister.
More than 230,000 people have signed a petition calling for the release of two Texas brothers charged with beating their stepfather to death for allegedly abusing their half-sister.
"Alexandro Trevino , Christian Trevino and Juan Eduardo Melendez are facing capital murder charges for beating and killing Gabriel Quintanilla after discovering that he was [allegedly] abusing Alexandro and Christian's 9-year-old sister," the petition reads. Alexandro Trevino and Christian Trevino's 9-year-old half-sister told someone on January 20 that Quintanilla had touched her inappropriately at an RV park in the 1200 block of East Moore.
"Quintanilla left the location on foot[...] Christian Trevino runs out after the victim and finds him outside of an apartment complex further south down the road.
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