LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A judge scheduled a jury trial for a man accused of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend 17 years ago and then fleeing to Mexico.
Family members of the victim, David Manriquez, who was 18 years old at the time of the alleged murder, attended the brief court appearance for Jonathan Romero, 34, on Wednesday morning.
“He knows what he did,” Ruby Manriquez, the sister of David Manriquez, said. “He’s a coward.”…