Manuel Ovante is a Mexican American on
death row in the state of Arizona. He was convicted on .
Crime
According to the DOC, On June 11, 2008,
Manuel Ovante, George Rojas, Nathan Duran, and Richard Fore all went
to the residence of Jordan Trujillo to try and get some drugs. When
none were available, they left to try and find some elsewhere. They
subsequently came back to Jordan's house again looking for drugs. At
this time, Damien Vickers and Gabriel Valenzuela were there at the
house as well. Once inside the residence, Ovante suddenly pulled out
a gun, pointed it at Gabriel and said "who left the safety on?""
Ovante then shot Jordan twice, killing her. He then pointed the gun
in the area where Damien and Gabriel were and started shooting again.
Both Damien and Gabriel were shot, and Gabriel called 911 as Ovante,
Rojas, and Fore were running back to the truck to flee the scene.
Damien was fighting for his life and asked Duran to help him. Duran
was able to get Damien to the truck and they all left. Damien was
asking to be taken to a hospital but Ovante would not allow that to
happen. Damien died in the truck and Ovante decided to dump Damien's
body in an alley near the area of 12th Street and Roosevelt. Gabriel
survived from his gun shot injuries. Police arrested Rojas, Duran,
and Fore a few days later. Ovante was arrested about a month later.
In the initial part of the trial, Ovante pled guilty to the murders
of Jordan and Damien, and also to the aggravated assault of Gabriel
Valenzuela. Ovante then stipulated to the aggravating facts and the
jury ultimately sentenced him to death
Address
ASPC-E BROWNING D/RW
Manuel Ovante 251126
PO Box 3400
Florence, AZ 85132
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