Former Marfa ISD substitute will spend 30 years in prison for production of child pornography
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - A former Marfa ISD substitute teacher has been sentenced to 360 months in prison for the production of child pornography.
According to court documents, investigators found that Sonya Conchita Murillo, 33, a former substitute teacher for the Marfa Independent School District, possessed child sexual abuse materials, including videos depicting Murillo sexually abusing a prepubescent child. Murillo was arrested on June 7, 2023, and pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography in January.
Murillo’s former boyfriend, Patricio Javier Serrano, was sentenced in March to 97 months in prison for one count of possession of child pornography and one count of transportation of child pornography, aiding and abetting.
Serrano had been charged in a separate indictment and pleaded guilty on Oct. 27, 2023.
The FBI, HSI, Texas Department of Public Safety, and Marfa Police Department investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Amy Greenbaum and Kevin Cayton prosecuted the case.
