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In April 2016, 15-year-old Karen Perez celebrated her quinceañera surrounded by family and friends. A month later, she didn’t come home from school on a Friday afternoon. Her family was pretty sure that she was with her 15-year-old boyfriend, Jesus Campos, Jr.—

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Episode Source List:

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/fourteenth-court-of-appeals/2020/14-18-00989-cr.html 

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Cell-phone-audio-captured-sexual-assault-death-7956899.php 

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Gathering-honors-teen-seeks-change-at-site-of-8405416.php 

https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/teen-convicted-of-girlfriends-murder-documented-rape-killing-on-cell-phone/285-612311509 

https://cw39.com/cw39/horrifying-details-released-about-sexual-assault-death-of-teen-girl/ 

https://www.chron.com/houston/article/Mother-suing-owners-of-abandoned-apartment-where-8384554.php 

https://abc13.com/karen-perez-jesus-campos-jr-murder-strangulation/4640551/ 

https://abc13.com/karen-perez-murder-houston-teen-killed-boyfriend-kills-raped-and-murdered/4658272/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/karen-perez-remains-believed-to-be-houston-teen-found-under-sink/ 

https://abc13.com/abc13-plus-south-houston-spencer-parkway-circus-elephants/5733791/
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/10/disrupting-teen-dating-violence