Affidavit: Southeast Side man, 84, ‘pleaded for his life’ while suspects suffocated him

Two suspects, Ulani Nunes and Leidy Hernandez, are accused of murdering 84-year-old Manuel Mendez in March. Police allege the victim was suffocated before his body was found burning in a ditch on San Antonio's Southeast Side.
Ulani Nunes, 23, and Leidy Hernandez, 43, are accused of murdering an 84-year-old man in March. San Antonio police found the body of Manuel Mendez, 84, burning in a ditch on the city's Southeast Side.
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