The family of Tejano star Joe Lopez – who walked out of a Huntsville prison in 2018 after more than 1 2 years behind bars – had waited for him all that time to come home.
And the family worried that Lopez's 94-year-old mother, Benita, who had waited all those years to see her son free again would not be around to see him walk into the family home.
In 2006, a Cameron County jury gave Lopez 32 years in prison for sexually assaulting his niece.
He was freed on March 2018 after serving 12 years. After serving some time under supervision, he was allowed to return to Brownsville.
"She's was 93 and she had waited all this time to see Joe again." Raul Lopez, his brother, said then. "It doesn't matter what other people thought of him, he was her son."
(In the photo at top, she is singing a song she wrote with her other son Lorenzo accompanying her on guitar.)
Today, we leaned that Mrs. Lopez - with Joe by her side - passed away.
Our condolences to her family and may she RIP and that having her son by her side at the end have given her some peace in her last days.
5 comments:
My condolences to the entire Lopez Family, may she rest in peace.
Sincere condolences to the Lopez family for the loss of the matriarch, Dona Benita Lopez. Your wish came true when you asked God to let you be here until your boy came home. He granted you that and now you will be their guardian angel from heaven. Now is the time for Joe to sing and serenade her with his lovely songs and music. May Dona Benita rest in peace!
RIP Dona Benita
My sincere condolences to the Lopez family. May God give them the strength through this hard times, Losing a family member is always hard,& even harder when the root of the family,(our) mother passes on,it's just feels so empty!! Glad she got to see Joe, even though it was hard, but God blessed her with her wish. May she Rest in Peace. Prayers for the family, & my friends. God bless, Esther Jaimes
Condolences to the Lopez family Dona Benita rest in peace!
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