Shannon Miller

Well, Merritt, this was the second and final time that the jury could not come to a unanimous decision in this case of Carlos Zambrano Bolivar.

Take a listen here as the judge read that decision shortly before four this afternoon.

Now, this is the first case involving Trin de Aragua to be prosecuted by the Dallas County DA's office.

Early Friday afternoon, the jury told the judge they were deadlocked then in their decision, and the judge told them to go back and deliberate and try to come to a unanimous decision.

Farmer's Branch Police say Bolivar is one of four suspects responsible for kidnapping Nizuli Petit, his daughter and nephew from a Dallas apartment complex in August 2024.

After Petit, a TDA member, failed to turn over cash to members as part of the complex nationwide ATM theft operation.

Detectives say Petit was later shot and killed in Farmer's Branch.

His body left in the roadway off Valley View Lane.