LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Demond Depree Bluntson case will be heard yet again in the same court that sentenced him to death in Webb County back in 2016.

In August, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a mandate. The state’s higher court ruled that Bluntson’s guilty conviction remains.

However, the court reversed his death sentences and ordered a new trial.

Bluntson was convicted of killing one-and-a-half-year-old Devian Bluntson and six-year-old Jayden Thompson in 2012. This case marked the county’s first death sentence in nearly 30 years.

The hearing is set for Wednesday, September 24, at 8:30 a.m. in the 49th District Court.

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