An Arizona defendant pleaded guilty in Texas on Thursday to two counts of capital murder in connection with a Thanksgiving Day 2018 home invasion in El Paso, allowing him to avoid the death penalty.
Jason Gibson, who was 38 at the time of the murders, admitted to killing Juan Pablo Salas, 58, and his son, Jonathan Salas, 24, at their El Paso home on Nov. 22, 2018, and to shooting Lorenza Salas, the victims’ wife and mother, according to KFOX 14 in El Paso. Lorenza Salas survived.
Gibson was sentenced to life in prison. The state had sought the death penalty before Gibson took the plea deal.
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The defendant also pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping.