A look back at the heartbreaking case of Elizabeth Peña and Jennifer Ertman, two teenagers whose attempt to take a shortcut home led them into a dangerous situation they never could have anticipated.

More than three decades after two teenage girls were brutally attacked and killed on their way home, the only man from the case who is guaranteed a chance to walk free, is once again up for parole.

HOUSTON Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, were raped and murdered in 1993. One of the five gang members who killed them, Peter Cantu, will be executed on Tuesday. Two of the culprits have ...

The state plans to execute Peter Cantu August 17. In 1993, Cantu and four other young men kidnapped, raped and murdered Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman. State executed two accomplices and two ...