Overview
- A Harris County family court judge on Thursday directed that the couple’s children, ages 3 and 5, move back to Texas to live with their maternal grandparents.
- Italy is holding Lee Gilley as he seeks asylum, which could slow any return to Houston because countries often require assurances when a death sentence is possible.
- Investigators have questioned Gilley’s relatives about his escape, and the judge blocked the brother from visiting the children in Texas after noting no proof of family wrongdoing so far.
- Gilley removed his ankle monitor May 1, traveled through Canada, and was detained May 3 at Milan’s Malpensa Airport with forged Belgian documents after arriving on Air Canada Flight 894.
- His June 5 trial date is now uncertain, two of his three defense lawyers have asked to leave the case, and he also faces a federal charge of interstate flight to avoid prosecution.