Two brutal murders six years a part that turned into cold cases. What nobody knew at the time was that the Heather Willms 2005 murder case and the Esmeralda Herrer murder case in 2011 had one thing in common, both victims were friends with a man named Jose Baldomero Flores.

A San Antonio man who was facing the possibility of a death penalty took a plea deal instead on Monday.

A San Antonio man arrested in 2016 in connection with two separate cold cases will be heading to trial this year and face the death penalty.