# Who is Jocelyn Nungaray? Trump honors sanctuary after murdered child

_(An earlier version of this story contained an inaccuracy)_

During his  Tuesday night, President  held a new executive order renaming a wildlife sanctuary to honor the late Jocelyn Nungaray.

Undocumented migrants  are charged with killing Nungaray, a 12-year-old girl, on the morning of June 17. Trump announced the tribute after introducing Nungaray’s mother, Alexis Nungaray, at the joint session of Congress.

“Across Galveston Bay, from where Jocelyn lived in Houston, you will find a magnificent National Wildlife Refuge, a pristine, peaceful, 34,000-acre sanctuary for all of God’s creatures on the edge of the Gulf of America. Alexis, moments ago, I formally renamed that refuge in loving memory of your beautiful daughter, Jocelyn,” Trump said.

A resident discovered Nungaray’s body on June 17 after the child was strangled to death, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. Police arrested Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Peña, 26, at their apartment on June 20.

Jocelyn was murdered three to four hours after meeting Peña and Martinez-Range upon leaving a restaurant together, Houston police Lt. Stephen Hope said last June. Jocelyn had snuck out of her family’s apartment that night.



Prosecutors said the two men allegedly asked Jocelyn for directions, according to the . The two led Jocelyn to a 7-Eleven convenience store and then to the bridge where she was murdered, Hope said.

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