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STATE OF TEXAS                      §
                                    
COUNTY OF DALLAS                    §

AFFIDAVIT OF LORA CASAS             §

1. My name is Lora Casas. I am more than eighteen (18) years of age, of sound mind, 
   and am wholly competent to sign this Affidavit. I have personal knowledge of 
   the facts stated in this Affidavit, and they are true and correct. 
2. Mariana Casas is my sister. Mariana used to date Jerry Ramirez Gonzales. Jerry 
   Ramirez Gonzales has a brother named, Armando Gonzales. I have recently reviewed 
   photographs and have identified Jerry Ramirez Gonzales as the man that my sister, 
   Mariana, used to date, and have identified Armando Gonzales as his brother.
3. On the night that a woman was killed at the Jolly Roger convenience store in 
   Littlefield, Texas, Jerry and Armando Gonzales stopped by my apartment in 
   Littlefield at around 2:00 a.m. I lived at the XIT apartments in Littlefield.  
   The Jolly Roger convenience store is on the same main street as my apartment.  
   It is about a 20 to 30 second drive from where I lived to the Jolly Roger store.
4. At around 2:00 a.m. on the night of the murder at the Jolly Roger convenience 
   store, Jerry and Armando Gonzales came to my apartment and asked to borrow money 
   from me. My sister, Mariana, and my cousin, Tina Martinez, were at my apartment 
   that night when Jerry and Armando Gonzales arrived.  
5. Jerry Gonzales was the one doing most of the talking that night. The brothers 
   told me that they were coming from another town and did not have enough gas to 
   make it back to their home in Levelland. I was certain that they were high from 
   smoking marijuana and drinking beer. Jerry Gonzales was very rude to me, and 
   Armando Gonzales talked to me in a very angry tone of voice.  
6. I refused to give them any money. Armando Gonzales got very angry and demanded 
   to know why I would not loan them any money. He did not want to take no for an 
   answer. I saw Armando reach under his t-shirt several times. It looked as if he 
   was adjusting a gun under his t-shirt. I thought that they might try to rob me.  
   They kept demanding money from me to buy gasoline and beer.
7. I got very angry with the two of them. I told them that I would not loan them 
   any money and then told them that if they had money earlier in the day to buy 
   marijuana and beer, they should have thought about saving some of it to buy gas 
   for their car. Jerry and Armando Gonzales were very angry with me. They left my 
   apartment when I refused to give them any money.  
8. While they were at my apartment, I could see that Armando and Jerry Gonzales were 
   both wearing jeans and t-shirts. Jerry Gonzales had long hair in the back. I 
   could also see that Jerry and Armando were driving a gold car that night.
9. I am certain about the night that the Gonzales brothers showed up at my apartment 
   because the following afternoon, at around 1:00 p.m., when I woke up, I heard the 
   news that a lady working at the Jolly Roger convenience store had been killed 
   during a robbery. When I heard that police were looking for two men, 18-22 years 
   of age, and driving a gold car, I immediately began to think that the police were 
   looking for the Gonzales brothers. Later, however, someone told me that there were 
   two gold cars involved in the robbery and one had a New Mexico license plate. I 
   did not think about the Gonzales brothers anymore because I just assumed that the 
   men who killed the lady had to be someone else because the Gonzales brothers were 
   both in one gold car when they arrived at my apartment that night, not two. I had 
   always been under the impression that the two men who robbed and killed the 
   woman at the Jolly Roger store were each driving a gold car.
10.I am certain that Jerry and Armando Gonzales stopped by my apartment in 
   Littlefield on the night of the murder at about 2:00 a.m.  They were driving a 
   gold car and were desperate for money.

FURTHER, Affiant sayeth not.