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Josue Flores was 11-years-old and dreaming of a life as a doctor. But what could have been died when Andre Jackson killed Flores as he walked home from school. This true crime documentary examines the impact of Josue Flores and what it took to convict his killer.

A new Houston park will be named after murdered child Josue Flores.

“He was an innocent boy walking home from school. I mean a lot of these murder victims are innocent people at the wrong place at the wrong time, which he was,” said Spinks. “Well, he wasn’t even in the wrong place at the wrong time because he was walking home from school! Can’t explain it.”

The jury has reached a verdict in the case of a man charged in the murder of 11-year-old Josue Flores. Andre Jackson has been found guilty. Closing arguments wrapped up around noon on Tuesday, and it took less than a few hours for the verdict to be returned.

The jacket investigators said Andre Jackson had on the day 11-year-old Josue Flores was killed was the focus of a DNA Chief Scientific officer’s testimony Monday.

For the first time, we are hearing what accused killer Andre Jackson had to say to authorities shortly after his arrest on June 3, 2016, for the murder of Josue Flores. Prosecutors played the police interview for the jury on Thursday.

The two men testified that they heard a noise that drew their attention onto the porch of their friend’s house.

The new video showed Josue Flores leaving Marshall Middle School and walking down the street with his backpack on, and it also showed the suspect putting on a jacket and running down the street.

Nearly six years after Josue Flores was stabbed to death during his walk home from school, community leaders say calls for justice have grown louder.

Opening statements in the trial for the man accused of killing 11-year-old Josue Flores wrapped up Monday and the first witness got on the stand.

The trial begins Monday for the man accused of killing 11-year-old Josue Flores while he was walking home from school in northeast Houston in May 2016.

Legislation passed in 2017, meant to make it easier for children who live in neighborhoods designated as high crime, has gone untouched by school districts statewide, the Texas Education Agency confirmed Wednesday.

The family of Josue Flores says they’re still waiting on answers in the case nearly five years later.

HOUSTON A permanent granite marker acknowledging the life of Josue Flores was installed Wednesday in Near Northside, Houston City Councilwoman Karla Cisneros announced. The marker is located near where the 11-year-old boy was stabbed to death while walking home from school in 2016. Since Floress death, community members have faithfully and lovingly maintained an altar in his honor, Cisneros said in a Facebook post. Thank you Father Thomas for blessing the site and for the comfort you bring to this family and community, Cisneros said. This permanent marker will help (ensure) that he will never be forgotten.Flores case remains unsolved.