There was no trial for the brutal killing of Deborah Gail Kay, found in a pool of blood on her bedroom floor — stabbed in the chest, her throat slashed, and defensive wounds marking her final struggle. Sixteen-year-old ranch hand Jose Fernando Bustos Diaz confessed to the murder and was sentenced to 35 years in prison at the Dolph Briscoe Unit in Frio County, Texas.
Meanwhile Waller County did not certify him as a juvenile or charge him with Nancy Merck’s murder and evidence from Nancy’s autopsy, including the sexual assault kit remained untested.
Allowed to work in the prison furniture factory Jose Fernando Bustos Diaz and another prisoner escaped on April 6, 2010, likely through ventilation ducts or a large ventilation fan in a wall and then cut a hole in the perimeter fence.
Two Horse Slay is a 6 episode chilling tale that lays bare a Texas murder, unforgettable for its utter tragedy and series of seemingly implausible events spanning more than 20 years.
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