Misty Holt-Singh's Mother Frustrated As Prosecutors Delay Death Penalty Decision
STOCKTON (CBS13) — Emotions poured out of a Stockton courtroom on Monday as the surviving suspects of last year's bank robbery and shootout faced a judge.
The mother of Misty Holt-Singh, the hostage killed in the July violence, spoke out after prosecutors said they have yet to decide if they will seek the death penalty in the case.
Surviving robbery and shootout suspect Jaime Ramos, along with Pablo Ruvacalba, who is accused of being the drop-off driver, were in court on Monday. Prosecutors were supposed to set a trial date in the case that stems from the bank robbery and pursuit. Two other suspects were killed in the shootout that also claimed the life of Holt-Singh.
Hearing that prosecutors were still deciding on the death penalty and that the case wouldn't be moving forward on Monday frustrated her mother.
"My daughter was killed execution style and they deserve nothing less. That's how I feel," she said. "They have no rights at all. They don't have no rights. Their girlfriends sit in there, blowing them kisses and waving; they should be taken off to jail."
The next hearing to discuss a trial date has been pushed back to June 8. The delay is even more stressful for a mother who lost her daughter, and close to losing another.
"My other daughter is in the hospital, dying of cancer. And these hoodlums took my baby, and cancer's taken my other daughter, so, no I'm not happy," she said.
Holt-Singh's family has filed a claim against the city of Stockton since we've learned she was killed by police gunfire. The city has said it's waiting for the results of an independent investigation before it makes any conclusion regarding that claim.
