Two Berks hangings were murders, police now say. Investigators now are certain both were murdered, state troopers said. Troopers initially regarded it as a murder-suicide.
A YOUNG MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER TRYING TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE IN THIS WORLD, TRAGICALLY HAD THEIR LIVES CUT SHORT, BY COMMON THUGS , CRIMINALS THAT USE MURDER AS A WAY TO KEEP DECENT PEOPLE QUIET!! APPARENTLY THEIR TACTICS ARE WORKING!! CRIMINALS NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS!! DUCELIZ WAS A HARD WORKING MOTHER DEDICATED TO HER 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER KAYLA. WHY WOULD SOMEONE WANT DUCELIZ & KAYLA DEAD? THEY WERE ONLY JUST STARTING OUT IN LIFE.
Article Dated Sept. 18, 2007
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# is scheduled to be arraigned on two counts of first degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and theft.
Reported May 1, 2008
MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERS OF EX-GIRLFRIEND, GIRL
Article Dated 5/1/2008
Police arrest Reading man in killing of Bernville woman and her 5-year-old daughter
Duceliz Diaz
Kayla Diaz
Article Dated 5/2/2008
Shillington woman hopes for justice in sister's killing
Article Dated 5/23/2008
Reading man waives hearing in murder and staging hanging scene of ex-girlfriend and her daughter
D.A. Seeks Death Penalty for Double Murder Suspect
Article Dated 5/23/2008
D.A. Pondering Death Penalty for Double Murder Suspect
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a 27-year-old man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend and her 5-year-old daughter and hanging their bodies to make it look like a murder-suicide.
Article Dated 6/20/2008
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for Bernville killings
Article dated 11/24/2008
Judge rules Berks prosecutors can seek death penalty in killing of Bernville woman and her daughter
Berks judge allows murder defendant's earlier threat to be admissible at trial Prosecutors will be allowed to tell a jury that a man accused of killing his former girlfriend and her daughter said earlier that he would kill his ex-wife and make it look like a suicide.
Article dated 1/22/2009
Article Dated May 6, 2009
Sister of slain Bernville woman testifies e-mail sounded like a warning
Article Dated 5/13/2009
Witness in Berks County murder trial testifies that victim was expecting visit from defendant
Article Dated 5/13/2009
Victim's sister says Berks County murder defendant knew how to stage murder-suicide
Article Dated 5/14/2009
Defendant's DNA found at Bernville murder scene, troopers testify in murder trial
Article Dated 5/14/2009
Woman unlikely to have hanged own daughter, forensic psychiatrist testifies in murder trial
Article Dated 5/19/2009
Defense argues Bernville hangings were in heat of passion; case goes to jury
Article Dated 5/19/2009
Reading man convicted of first-degree murder
Article dated 5/21/2009
Wife of killer from Reading says she's not surprised by verdict
Article Dated 5/28/2009
Panel deliberates for 2 hours Reading man sentenced to death
Duceliz ~ "She won't be able to reach her dreams, She was a great mother and a great worker. She had a lot of dreams." Kayla ~ Her favorite television show was Dora the Explorer. She was an angel.
Article Dated 7/27/2010
Convicted murderer claims lawyer was ineffective
New Berks County Court trial is sought in 2007 Bernville double-murder case
