[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7689]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    MOTHER GIVES LIFE FOR HER CHILD

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, as Americans across this Nation celebrate 
Mother's Day this Sunday, there are five children in Crosby, Texas, who 
mourn the loss of theirs. Tina Davila was murdered as she gave her life 
to protect her youngest child.
  On April 17, Tina left her 4-month-old in the back seat of her car as 
she quickly ran into a store to pay a bill. But as Tina approached the 
store, she saw a car pull up beside hers, and a bandit jumped out and 
tried to steal her vehicle. She fought the outlaw and screamed, ``My 
baby! My baby!'' But the carjacker stabbed her, murdering her in front 
of her child and fled with blood on his hands. All this was caught on 
video surveillance.
  The killer is 22-year-old Timoteo Rios, an illegal trespasser from 
Mexico. In addition to murdering Tina, Rios and his fellow hijacker, 
Kennedy Escoto, carjacked four other people. Rios had spent time in 
jail last year but was never deported.
  Rios remains at large. He's believed to be back in the safe sanctuary 
country for criminals, Mexico, basking in the sun and unaccountable for 
this murder, while Tina Davila's children are motherless this Mother's 
Day.
  And that's just the way it is.

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