A Houston couple has been sentenced to prison after the murder of their infant twin girls. The father, identified as Fernando Vega, is convicted of capital murder. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison in January. Vega pleaded guilty to first-degree felony charges in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
According to court records, he also waived his right to a jury trial before his sentence. The authorities were called to see the unresponsive twins in the crib. Vega informed the authorities that he saw the babies alive around 5–6 a.m.
He also claimed the grandmother was taking care of them. At first, the father was charged with injury to a child, the same as the mother, but the charges were upgraded to capital murder…