Here is another article and in it it says they are charging the daughter with a crime. I don't understand this???
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/met....c97b0fcd.html
NEW: Teen in Tilly case would get no more than 30 years in prison
Web Posted: 12/06/2004 04:25 PM CST
Mariano Castillo
Express-News Staff Writer
The teenager who led authorities to the remains of missing Alamo Heights teacher Diane Tilly on Saturday will have a cap of 30 years in prison as part of the deal she struck with prosecutors.
Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed today outlined details about the deal reached with Pearl Cruz, 15.
"The hallmark of the agreement is that she be truthful and cooperate," Reed said.
Cruz fulfilled one part of her side of the bargain when she led deputies directly to a muddy field in Schertz where Tilly's body was hidden underneath some logs and brush.
Tilly, a teacher at Robbins Academy, had been missing since Nov. 22.
A second stipulation is that Cruz testify against Ronnie Joe Neal in court. Cruz has told authorities he is her father.
Neal, 33, was charged with capital murder and aggravated robbery in connection with Tilly's killing. He was being held without bond.
Cruz currently is charged with delinquent conduct by reason of aggravated robbery, but a murder charge could be added in the future.
The teen who allegedly held a gun to Tilly while Neal raped her will be tried as a juvenile.
Prosecutors are eyeing a death penalty case against Neal, Reed said.
Other arrests in connection with the case could be forthcoming "not in relation to a murder charge, but in relation to the disposition of the stolen property," Reed said.
Friends reported Tilly missing the morning of Nov. 23 when she didn't deliver turkeys for a Thanksgiving school event.
That night, deputies found Tilly's champagne-colored 1998 Cadillac Fleetwood ablaze in Guadalupe County.
The next morning, Nov. 24, authorities arrested Neal and Cruz after they had used Tilly's ATM card at some convenience stores. The pair were armed and in possession of property stolen from Tilly when they were apprehended.
Neal denied any involvement in the killing, a claim that was debunked by his own bragging to a cellmate, authorities said. Authorities got the same story from two juvenile inmates whom Cruz confided in: After Neal raped Tilly, the pair robbed her and took her to the field where Neal shot her several times.
