Let us not forget Jolissa Rangel who
died on this date, October 25, 2013. Let us support her family members by not
forgetting her. We will remember her on her birthday on October 29 every year.
JOLISSA
SOCORRO RANGEL "COCO" Jolissa Socorro Rangel "Coco" was a
very loving devoted mother, caring grandaughter, sister, aunt, niece and
friend. She was a very hard worker, who had aspirations of becoming a
Registered Nurse. She had a heart of gold and was loved by many. She is
preceded in death by, her paternal grandparents, Antonio and Nicolasa Rangel,
paternal cousins Jaime Zapata (Bino) and Ray Garcia, her maternal grandfather,
Jose Angel Flores and, her maternal aunt Maria Elena Flores. She is survived by
her son Eloy Cano III (Bambino) parents, Jose (Bonnie) Rangel, and Martha
Flores Rangel, maternal grandmother Maria Socorro Flores, her sons father, Eloy
Cano Jr, (niece) Dezirae Avila, and sibilings, Melissa Espinoza, Vanessa (Luis)
Garcia, Joanne Rangel, Kristine Esquivel, Jose Rangel Jr (Joey), Jose Rangel Jr
(Lil Joe), Edward Salinas, Maria Rangel (Nena), Antonio Rangel, and Nicolosa
Rangel.Visitation will be held Thursday October 31, 2013 from 1:00pm-9:00pm
with a Rosary at 7:00 pm at Vaughan Watson Funeral Home in Edinburg, Tx. Mass
will be held Friday November 1, 2013 at 10:00 am at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church in Edinburg, TX. Interment will follow to Palm Valley Memorial Cemetery
in Pharr, TX. Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to Vaughan Watson
Funeral Home in Edinburg, TX. Sign the guest book at www.themonitor.com/obituaries
Published
in The Monitor on Oct. 31, 2013
INTERNET
SOURCE: http://valleycentral.com/news/local/mother-continues-fight-for-justice-more-than-a-year-after-daughters-murder?id=1236945
Mother continues fight for justice more than a year after daughter TMs
murder
By Ashly
Custer Thursday, July 30th 2015
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 03:38:18
GMT — In
her first interview, an emotional Edinburg mother held back tears as she
recalled her daughter's murder.
"You could see us smile, but
behind our smile it still hurts like it was yesterday, and I don't wish this
on nobody, said Martha Flores, the mother of Jolissa Rangel, who was murdered
on Oct. 25, 2013.
On that day, Flores's world was
turned upside down, and her daughter's killers have not been caught.
So, when I got there, I saw the yellow
tapes of the police, and they won't let me through, explained Flores. "I
was talking to one of the investigators to ask what happened, and he really
didn't want to tell me until he finally told me Jolissa was deceased. That
was a nightmare. Ever since then, my life stopped."
A couple of rounds were fired through
the front door of her apartment on Kimberly Lane in Edinburg.
Rangel was murdered days before her
21st birthday. Her 2-year-old son is being raised without his mother.
Three men tried to kick down Rangel's
door, according to investigators. Three pickup trucks were seen fleeing the
scene.
In December, investigators released
video of two persons of interest, but no arrests have been made.
You know, three cowards chose, and
they chose to take my daughter's life, Flores said. I don't wish this on
anybody. We want justice. Nobody deserves for their life to be taken."
It's why Flores is trying to raise
awareness and advocating for families who have lost loved one due to violence.
All these cowards are getting away
with it and doing plea bargains " 15 years, 20 years. Am I going to get my
daughter back ten years from now again? Are they going to get their loved ones
back from ten, fifteen years back? No, they are leaving kids without parents
and murder is a choice, she said.
Flores met with the families of
victims who's killers were never caught.
In continuing her fight for justice,
Flores hopes by speaking out she can help other families dealing with a similar
loss.
The day they killed my daughter, and
they took her away from me, the murderers, I thought I was alone, but there's
an organization " the Rio Grande Valley Friends and Family of Murdered
Children and Robert was there to support me, and I'm here to reach out to other
loved ones that they are not alone, and it's not easy, but we're going to
live on little by little, day by day, Flores said.
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