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The concept is simple enough. You don't get to live in a park. Zoning laws and health considerations even forbid you from living in a tent on your own property. You don't get to piss and crap and expose yourself to children who want to enjoy public parks. You have to agree that living conditions under a roof are superior to a tent so what's the problem.
The youngest of the accused, a 16-year-old girl, told police they had found $2 on Pedro Miguel Rosales Ramos, 32, but police later determined that she had seen a single dollar bill torn in half, the Houston Chronicle reported. "They killed a man for a one dollar bill torn in half," said Houston Police Sgt. Brian Harris.
Police said one of the teens, Carlos Fernandez, 18, confessed to the killing and that the four had initially talked about robbing prostitutes but changed their minds when they came across Rosales Ramos on April 4. Fernandez, Marilyn Villarreal, 18, and Michael Correa, 17, went before a judge Wednesday on murder charges. The 16-year-old has also been charged but not named because she is a minor.
Police noted that the four came from what most would consider good families, KHOU-TV reported, particularly the 16-year-old. "Shes sitting in a queen-size feather bed, watching her 32-inch plasma TV and living in the lap of luxury," Detective Fil Waters said in describing the girl's surroundings at the time of her arrest.
None of the suspects have shown remorse, Waters added. "There were some tears, but not for Pedro -- for themselves," KHOU-TV quoted him as saying. Two of the teens are also suspected in at least one recent home invasion robbery in the Houston area, Click2Houston.com reported.
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For several weeks, Anderson and Martinez, both 28, have lived in the motel that is one of seven in Denver specifically designated for homeless families. "It has been very hard," Anderson said about the struggle to finally find a place to stay, after living in parks and on the streets. She has struggled with drugs, has been unemployed and lost custody of their other three children. "I just want to get stable again," she said.
The plight of homeless families the largest segment of the metro area's homeless population is getting attention as the Denver City Council prepares for a final vote tonight on proposed legislation to prohibit people from unauthorized camping. The bill was introduced as a way to deal with the increasing numbers of homeless people in the downtown business district, but many homeless advocates worry it could affect homeless families.
Proponents say the law will give police tools to identify people in need and help connect them to services. They say the ban is not meant to cause further difficulty for struggling homeless families but to help. Opponents fear the proposed ordinance's broad approach could further criminalize homelessness and unnecessarily target homeless women and children who have fewer options for emergency shelter than men. "If you don't have a car, then where are you going to take your family if you can't get a motel voucher?" asked Denver Councilwoman Debbie Ortega, who opposes the bill.
Families make up about two-thirds of the Denver area's 12,605 homeless, according to a recent study. And 303 of the 964 unsheltered homeless people counted in the Jan. 23, 2012, Point-in-Time Study were in families with children living in their cars or on the street. The National Center on Family Homelessness says that not since the Great Depression have so many families been without homes, estimating that about 1.6 million children in the United States will experience homelessness within the year.
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