TAMPA - The murder trial for an illegal immigrant charged with stabbing and beating to death his girlfriend and stabbing to death her daughter had an unusual turn of events as the suspect took the stand in his own defense.

The backstory:

Prosecutors used all of last week to establish their capital murder case against Angel Cuz Choc.

It was April 2024 when Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to 3720 Sumner Road following a 911 call about a woman with traumatic injuries lying face down in a shed.

Witnesses on scene directed those deputies to where they found Amalia Coc Choc de Pec dead with visible injuries consistent with a violent struggle.

They followed a blood trail into the home and also found Coc Choc de Pec’s daughter, Juana Estrella, also dead from several stab wo

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