Long-time fugitive Jennifer Samantha Puente, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, pled guilty to Murder and Tampering/Fabricating Physical Evidence with Intent to Impair a Human Corpse in 2012, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison for murder and 15 years for the tampering charge.
Ellis County and District Attorney Ann Montgomery announced the ruling on July 2, the day of the one-day trial. Due to a guilty p…
