A Texas man — distraught over his daughter’s lesbian relationship — was arrested Tuesday for killing his daughter’s girlfriend and the girlfriend’s mother.
TX Dept of Public SafetyNorma (left) and Maria Hurtado
Austin police have arrested Jose Alfonso Aviles, 45, who they allege went to the home of Norma Hurtado, 24, where she lived with her mother, 57-year-old Maria Hurtado, and shot both women after knocking on the door.
The daughter told police that she and Norma Hurtado had been involved in a lesbian relationship, which her father did not approve of, and that there had been disturbances between Aviles and Norma Hurtado, according to an arrest affidavit.
The affidavit said a witness told police that the daughter’s parents would send threatening text messages to Norma Hurtado. In one message, Aviles threatened to kill Hurtado and her mother, the document says.
Lt. Gena Curtis of the Austin Police Department said Aviles’ daughter, was in the back of the Hurtado’s home when the shootings occurred. She heard the shots, found the bodies, and called 911.
Friends of the daughter, who they said turned 18 last month, said Tuesday that her parents did not approve of her being in a gay relationship.
The Travis County district attorney’s office has not yet determined if the case will be classified as a hate crime.
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wow! that is terrible.
Smfh. :
Smfh. :
Just sad =(
OMG. :(
Fucked up hope the mother fucker gets death that’s totally messed up!
Fucked up hope the mother fucker gets death that’s totally messed up!
not determined if it’s a hate crime?! um.. hello?! that’s texas law for you. this is terrible. a terrible crime.
not determined if it’s a hate crime?! um.. hello?! that’s texas law for you. this is terrible. a terrible crime.
oh my gosh!
Ya put on murder posts to scare others. Wow. Stick to our rights. Not the gossip. its for the cause not the view rate of you posts.
I hope this asshole gets death sentence!
@Zach This information is very important for the world to see. Hopefully ‘everybody’ learns something from it….gays and people who hate gays.
@Zach This information is very important for the world to see. Hopefully ‘everybody’ learns something from it….gays and people who hate gays.
This is absolutely horrible!
I agree with David and Kathryne, I hated reading this, but dammit we have a right to know what we are up against…
This is so fucked up.
sorry zach, but this completely has to do with our rights. you could say talking about how gay marriage equality is coming along is “gossip” – yet, it’s about our rights… and whether or not we can walk out onto the street or open our doors without feeling safe because of us being second class citizens, has to do with our rights… it’s a RIGHT to feel safe in this country, and sadly, we don’t have it.
sorry zach, but this completely has to do with our rights. you could say talking about how gay marriage equality is coming along is “gossip” – yet, it’s about our rights… and whether or not we can walk out onto the street or open our doors without feeling safe because of us being second class citizens, has to do with our rights… it’s a RIGHT to feel safe in this country, and sadly, we don’t have it.
OMG! WOW! NOH8!
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH AMERICA! We are SOOOO back words, during the Greek empire people were opening Gay!
How someone can consider being gay that bad is beyond me. This is awful.
THAT IS MESSED UP. Oh my god. So KILLING IS OKAY, BUT LOVE ISN’T??????? People…… are just sad.
THAT IS MESSED UP. Oh my god. So KILLING IS OKAY, BUT LOVE ISN’T??????? People…… are just sad.
When will it STOP??!!! SMDH
So sad.
That is horrific news… so saddning :(
Unfortunately in Bexar County I doubt if those men will get much more than a handslap. The police are already backing down from having stated it was a hate crime. Very Sad!! I hope the surviving partner has support.
Nothing says “I love my daughter” like “Sweetheart, I killed your girlfriend.” Wtf
ricky: seriously… Men have issues, feeling the need to control everything and everyone. Its his daughters life and decision to be with whom she pleases yet a father felt the need to destroy the lifes of so many based on his primitive mind set… atrocious doesn’t begin to describe this tragedy
ricky: seriously… Men have issues, feeling the need to control everything and everyone. Its his daughters life and decision to be with whom she pleases yet a father felt the need to destroy the lifes of so many based on his primitive mind set… atrocious doesn’t begin to describe this tragedy
So tragic.. :(…
Cuz that makes things better and your daughter is no longer gay now? Right… Smh. :*[
FAIL’d Dad >:0
That father should go 2 jail.
OMG that is so sad and i live in the austin area
I hope the father gets tortured, as he rots in jail
I guess this man would rather his daughter be in a straight relationship and unhappy. What warped values.
jesus christ!!! Sicko!!!
what an IDIOT, so now he is going to jail for life and his daughter is STILL going to be gay & he messed up so many lives i am sure….HATE IS AN EVIL THING.
This man has lost his mind an should be feed to a SCHOOL OF SHARKS WHAT THE FK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:’( makes absolutely no sense! People stop with the hate! Love shouldn’t cost anyone their life. Regardless if you understand it or agree with it- it’s not hurting you or your life. STOP
This is horrible… I’m completely dismayed. My love will be with this family today……
The sad thing is Austin is supposed to be a gay friendly town I’m 17 and I’ve been out for 5 years and I’ve lived in texas my whole life its very shocking thay thia happened. I have had to deal with my girlfriends dad trying to come after me but seeing as I’m 5’3 and he’s 6’2 I begged my dad to get a gun he did for the house but I personally own a tazer. Its not easy being open about your sexuality never has been but its getting easier.
My heart goes out to his daughter for all the pain she is and will be in.God Bless You and may He carry you thru and beyond this.
What a monster…his poor daughter…
The wording in this article is weird. Its reads as though a mother and daughter were in a lesbian relationship. If that’s the case, there are bigger issues, here.
This is the destructive power of homophobia. So sad.
Some people…this is such a shame. I almost wish he knew what if felt like to be hidding something so wonderful and then have it taken away :P
Idiot.
Does it end?…. This is just ballistic
omg .this so could have happened to me but i had warning and fled town
it is a mutha effing hate crime ..duh the dude hated his daughter being a lesbian and killed her lover and her lovers mother.the world sickens me sometimes .
I’m speechless…
Thats def a hate crime. R.i.p norma & maria
That’s fucking shocking
May they rest in peace
: only in TX. oh and MS, AR, AL, etc. Hope they fry his ass.
That’s fucked up right there I’d like to show my own father this article tbh see how he feels about being a unsupportive father.
“The Travis County district attorney’s office has not yet determined if the case will be classified as a hate crime.”
really does these words written and shown show it was definitely a hate crime?
“The affidavit said a witness told police that the daughter’s parents would send threatening text messages to Norma Hurtado. In one message, Aviles threatened to kill Hurtado and her mother, the document says.”
i definitely see hate in such a thing here!
“Friends of the daughter, who they said turned 18 last month, said Tuesday that her parents did not approve of her being in a gay relationship.”
proves 100% now that this is a hate crime!
texas your full of retards and need to STFU when it comes to trying to define words or meanings to things hate crime means hate for something to which you commit a criminal action to, stop believing its a pick and choose which stuff is legal to hate over which isnt equality!
heres some food for thought do you hate stuff or is some invisible person telling you to do this stuff if its the second one you obviously need help on a major scale!
now people get your heads outta your asses and yourselves out from under that stone age rock you have been living under you do not have a say in what you think think and leave it at that don’t like don’t look if its unavoidable be nice say your thoughts not throw your fists thinking that’s the equivalent to speaking!
now be a good state and go die somewhere in a gutter oh wait maybe each person up there that acts this way is the equivilent of FORD with roadkill marks on the brain!