Melissa Lucio: Last News

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent FilmRise, the New York-based film and TV studio and streaming network, and Canal+ Docs have boarded “Missing From Fire Trail Road,” Sabrina Van Tassel (“The State of Texas vs. Melissa”)’s long-gestated documentary film about the crimes against indigenous women. “Missing From Fire Trail Road” sheds light on the case of Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis, a Native-American woman who disappeared in 2020, and exposes how hundreds of indigenous women continue to go missing in the US, perpetuating trans-generational trauma on Indian reservations. The announcement was made today by Max Einhorn, SVP of acquisitions and co-productions at FilmRise, Christine Cauquelin, head of documentaries at Canal+ and Van Tassel, who is also producing the feature.

Kardashian said in a tweet. “Her family are desperately hoping that her father, who is incarcerated for a non violent drug offense, be granted temporary release so that he can attend her funeral.”Eli Torres is an inmate at a federal prison in Kentucky for a gang-related drug-trafficking offense, the San Antonio Express News reported.“So far their requests have been denied. I ask the @officialFBOP to grant Eli Torres temporary release so that he can say his last goodbye to his baby girl.

The son of Melissa Lucio, the Texas woman who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in 16 days for the murder of her daughter, has said his mother was 'shocked' and 'amazed' to receive the support of Kim Kardashian.Kardashian has urged Texas Governor Greg Abbott to spare the life of Lucio, a domestic violence victim scheduled to be executed on April 27 in Texas for the murder of her daughter Mariah in 2007, after she 'falsely' pleaded guilty to beating her two-year-old daughter to death following hours of police interrogation.'When I shared with my mother about Kim Kardashian supporting her and advocating for her, she was just shocked,' Lucio's son John Lucio told TMZ. The son of Melissa Lucio, the Texas mother who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection for the murder of her daughter in 16 days, has said his mother was 'shocked' and 'amazed' to receive the support of Kim Kardashian Pictured: Lucio holds her daughter Mariah, while one of her other daughters, Adriana, stands next to them in this undated photograph'She couldn't believe it and she was amazed by it and of course she has many hundreds of supporters also relying the message to her, she's just in awe and she's very, very faithful in all the support that she's receiving in this moment, I mean Kim Kardashian being an advocate for her has really uplifted her spirits.'I mean my mother, she wouldn't even have the words for...

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDespite premiering at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, ranking among Hulu’s most-watched documentaries and garnering high-profile support, Sabrina Van Tassel’s “The State of Texas vs. Melissa” hasn’t yet succeeded in changing the fate of Melissa Lucio.The first Hispanic woman sentenced to death row in Texas, Lucio has been in prison for 14 years and was just given an execution date for April 27.