TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

TEXAS RANGER DIVISION

THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF HIDALGO
DATE: 05-13 .. 2011
TIME: 12:04 AM
VOLUNTARY STATEMENT
LOCATION: PALM SHORE ESTATES
I have been informed that under the State of Texas Penal Code, Section 37.02: A person commits
the offense of Perjury if, he/she makes a false statement under oath or swears to the truth of a false
statement made, and the statement is required or authorized by law to be made under
oath. )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Sergio DEL ANGEL, who
being duly sworn on oath states:
My date of birth is 03-27-1972. 9 Western View Driver, Mission, Hidalgo County. My
- Driver's License Number is - my social security number is - I work for
I.S.D, I am a journeyman electrician. My telephone number is
I am voluntarily submitting this statement to Texas Ranger Ricardo RIVERA. I am giving this
statement without any threats or promises and on my own free will. This statement may be used for
whatever purpose necessary. I would prefer Ranger RIVERA to type this statement as I
speak. (INITIALS:
I am Jose Luis DEL ANGEL'S younger brother. We're close, I am his workout partner. Joe is
married by common-law to Ofelia, 1 don't know her last name. They have two kids together.
The last time I saw Joe was on Saturday, we got together at his house to see the Mosley fight,
everyone was there, my brothers, sisters, everyone except Ofelia. I found out that night that
he had been separated from Ofelia for a week. My brother wasn't 1 00 percent, he was very
depressed, he didn't show it though, he kept on going to his room and was texting, he wasn't
happy at all. After a while, my nephew Danny Sandoval told me that he had separated from
Ofelia. My brother wasn't a drinker, and he doesn't take any medication. I just heard right
now, that someone was saying, I think it was Mayor Billy Leo that Joe had gone to Dr. Saenz, I
guess to talk to him about his separation from Ofelia. Ofelia works for Dr. Saenz.
My brother has been married twice before, his last marriage ended when he met Ofelia. Ofelia
is younger than him and he has told me that he thought that she was fucking around with
someone else, he wasn't sure though. He would tell me that Ofelia at times would be texting
until the early hours of the morning. He started talking to me, Danny and David Sandoval Jr.,
they are our nephews. He told us that it was going very bad with Ofelia and him. He asked us
for advice, he also told us that he was hurting pretty bad. I once told him that he had better
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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
TEXAS RANGER DIVISION
VOLUNTARY STATEMENT
not do anything to himself, he told me that he would never do anything to himself, he is very
strong and has a lot of pride.
I know that three weeks ago, Ofelia went somewhere to party and she got drunk. He told me
that she almost got arrested. He told me that they had argued, that's all he told me. He didn't
know where she was, she would leave and come in real late and that would piss Joe off. I
think that's what triggered the separation.
I talked to him on Tuesday, we talked about 10 to 15 minutes, I was trying to cheer him up, we
talked about his problems, I told hi m that if he needed someone, I was there for him. I told
him that he needed to leave Ofelia and find someone who really loves him. He agreed and told
me that he would give her everything. I noticed that he wasn't really absorbing what I would
tell him, he wasn't really listening to me, he was real hurt. We didn't talk about anything else.
I didn't see him today at all, I got a call from Ricky Salinas, he is a dispatcher for La Joya PO,
he told me that they were trying to find him since 9:00AM, I told him that it wasn't normal.
About 20 minutes later, Ricky called me and told me that they had found Joe, he didn't want to
tell but they told me that he had committed suicide, that he was dead. They told me that he
was at his property at Palm Shore, I know where his property was so I came over and saw
some police, they didn't let me come inside.
I really think he did that to himself, I know that the officers were really concerned about his
demeanor and the problems he was having with his wife. I never heard anything about people
wanting to harm him.
I have read this statement and it is true and correct.
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