Annika Aleman and Amaya Medrano were two teens living in Texas when they would murder Ahmad Alkhalaf
According to court documents Annika Aleman and Amaya Medrano arranged with Ahmad Alkhalaf to sell an iPhone through a meeting on Facebook Marketplace
What Ahmad Alkhalaf did not know is that the two teen killers had no intention of paying for the phone but robbing the elderly man
When the trio would show up for the iPhone exchange Amaya Medrano (photo right) would pull out a gun and fatally shoot Ahmad Alkhalaf
Eventually police would track down Annika Aleman and Amaya Medrano and the would be brought back to Texas to stand trial for Capital murder
Annika Aleman would plead guilty and would be sentenced to thirty seven years in prison for aggravated robbery
Amaya Medrano would also plead guilty and would be sentenced to fifty five years in prison for murder
Annika Aleman Current Information
SID Number: 17989904
TDCJ Number: 02596705
Name: ALEMAN,ANNIKA DANIELA
Race: H
Gender: F
Age: 19
Maximum Sentence Date: 2061-11-14
Current Facility: PLANE JAIL
Projected Release Date: 2061-11-14
Parole Eligibility Date: 2043-05-16
Inmate Visitation Eligible: YES
Amaya Medrano Current Information
SID Number: 18683942
TDCJ Number: 02578865
Name: MEDRANO,AMAYA
Race: H
Gender: F
Age: 20
Maximum Sentence Date: 2079-11-12
Current Facility: CHRISTINA MELTON CRAIN UNIT
Projected Release Date: 2079-11-12
Parole Eligibility Date: 2052-05-13
Inmate Visitation Eligible: YES
Annika Aleman and Amaya Medrano Case
State vs. Amaya Medrano & Annika Aleman
Capital Murder
Prosecutor: Alicia Patterson
DA Investigator: Rusty Taylor
Investigating Agency: Dallas Police Department
66-year-old Ahmad Alkhalaf advertised a phone for sale on Facebook Marketplace and was messaged by defendant Aleman to meet at a gas station to buy the phone. Defendant Aleman did not go to the gas station but sent her co-defendant. Defendant Medrano went to the meeting and stole the phone from the victim. The victim briefly ran after defendant Medrano and Medrano shot the victim. Defendant Aleman then posted the stolen phone for sale on Facebook Marketplace and disposed of the murder weapon. The two teenage defendants were identified through surveillance video and social media evidence.
GUILTY pleas — Medrano sentenced to 55 years in prison for murder; Aleman sentenced to 37 years in prison for aggravated robbery.
