Convicted Baby Killer Seeking New Trial

ANGELINA COUNTY � A Lufkin man serving two life sentences for capital murder in the deaths of his then-girlfriend�s unborn twins is back in Angelina County for a court date. According to the attorney who represented Gerardo Flores during the 2005 murder trial, Flores is set to appear before state District Judge Barry Bryan this week. He was brought from prison to the Angelina County Jail on a bench warrant Friday, according to jail records. His attorney has filed a motion in his case attempting to prove he had ineffective counsel.

Flores, then 19, stepped on his five-months-pregnant girlfriend�s abdomen twice in a two-week period in 2005, eventually causing an at-home stillbirth of the 20- to 22-week-old unborn boys. The children died from blunt force trauma within days before the delivery, according to the doctor who conducted the autopsies, as detailed in the court ruling. The case tested a Texas law, The Fetal Protection Law�, making it a capital offense to kill an unborn child.

As it is currently, Flores will not become eligible for parole until he�s 59.