March 26, 2024 - Carlos Manuel Caporali has accepted a plea agreement on March 25, 2024, to 40 years in prison for the 2023 murder of Yuri Barahona in Joaquin.
According to court documents, Caporali was convicted in the 123rd Judicial District Court with Judge Leann Kay Rafferty presiding.
Reports from Shelby County Sheriff Kevin Windham at the time of the incident on February 8, 2023, Barahona’s four children were in the presence of she and Caporali when the murder occurred, and one of the children sought help from a neighbor.
According to the indictment delivered by a Shelby County Grand Jury on March 28, 2023, Caporali shot Barahona in the head.
The judgment of conviction by the court confirms Caporali used a firearm to cause the death of Barahona and he entered a plea agreement of guilty to the 1st degree felony murder. The terms of the plea agreement are 40 years’ incarceration in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division along with a credit of 411 days time served.
Attorney for the defense of Caporali was Craig Fletcher and representing the state was Karren S. Price, District Attorney.
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