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'Gentle soul' | Man who killed 75-year-old Houston woman as she begged for her life gets life sentence

Marco Cobos stabbed Etta Nugent 13 times before he did his laundry and took a shower in her home. Then he went and got a burger, returned and ate it near her body.

Michelle Homer

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Published: 1:08 PM CST December 5, 2023
Updated: 6:39 PM CST December 5, 2023

Etta Nugent, 75, opened her door to a stranger six years ago and the decision cost her her life. 

Marco Cobos, then 19, asked for water and to charge his phone that day in May 2019. Nugent didn't feel comfortable letting him in, so she directed him to a neighbor and closed her door. 

Minutes later, Cobos forced his way inside and stabbed Nugent at least 13 times as she begged for her life. She told Cobos that she was a mother and grandmother and her husband was in a medical facility in poor health. 

When Nugent died hours later, Cobos did his laundry and took a shower in her home. He left to buy a hamburger and brought it back to Nugent's home and ate it with her body nearby. 

Cobos then ransacked the house, stole the victim's car and checked into a local motel.

Nugent's son became worried when she didn't show up to visit her husband in the nursing home. He went to her home to check on his mom and found her body.

Houston police later pulled Cobos over in Nugent's car and charged him with capital murder. 

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