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2024 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winner: The Final Punishment

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The siblings of Alexandra Flores showed these photos of the little girl during the news conference after her killer was executed Nov. 16, 2023.
Alexandra Flores
Ignacio Frausto
The siblings of Alexandra Flores showed these photos of the little girl during the news conference after her killer was executed Nov. 16, 2023.
Alexandra Flores
Ignacio Frausto
The siblings of Alexandra Flores showed these photos of the little girl during the news conference after her killer was executed Nov. 16, 2023.
Alexandra Flores
Ignacio Frausto
The siblings of Alexandra Flores showed these photos of the little girl during the news conference after her killer was executed Nov. 16, 2023.
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The siblings of Alexandra Flores showed these photos of the little girl during the news conference after her killer was executed Nov. 16, 2023.
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The siblings of Alexandra Flores showed these photos of the little girl during the news conference after her killer was executed Nov. 16, 2023.
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The siblings of Alexandra Flores showed these photos of the little girl during the news conference after her killer was executed Nov. 16, 2023.
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Ignacio Frausto
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August 15, 2024 4:42 PM
Published 4:00 PM

This episode of the Borderland Crimes Podcast won a 2024 National Edward R. Murrow Award.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- On Dec. 4, 2001, the man behind a chilling crime that stunned the El Paso community was arrested. David Renteria was charged with capital murder in the death of Alexandra Flores, 5, who had gone missing more than two weeks earlier from the Lower Valley Walmart.

Renteria was ultimately convicted and sentenced to death. That sentence was carried out on Nov. 16, 2023.

ABC-7 anchor and Borderland Crimes podcast producer Stephanie Valle served as a media witness to Renteria's execution in Huntsville, TX. The only English-language broadcast journalist from El Paso to be in the prison chronicled the lead-up to the lethal injection and the aftermath.

This is an update to Borderland Crimes Podcast 11: Lured from the Toy Aisle - The Kidnapping and Murder of Alexandra Flores.

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