Published July 1, 2009

A New Braunfels man stands trial this week for the alleged March 2008 murder of his brother-in-law.

Edwardo Sanchez, 26, pleaded not guiltyto the murder of Fernando Ortegon, 37. Authorities allege Sanchez stabbed and killed Ortegon in the early morning hours of a summer day in 2008.

Sanchez faces from five to 99 years in prison if convicted. The trial is being heard by 207th District Judge Jack Robison.

Officers responding to an aggravated assault call about 1 a.m. on March 23, 2008, found Ortegon lying dead in the street. His blood trailed the 1100 block of Winston Avenue in the Walnut Mobile Home Community off Interstate 35 frontage road near Walnut Street, police reported.

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