A 20-year-old man has been convicted of aggravated assault over the 2014 death of his prom date at a Houston hotel following the dance.
Eddie M. Herrera faces up to life in prison after being convicted Wednesday in the case involving the death of 17-year-old Jacqueline Gomez.
She attended MacArthur High School in the Aldine Independent School District. The couple went to the prom at the same hotel where they later shared a room.
Houston police say the boyfriend said the couple drank alcohol before falling asleep. Prosecutors say Herrera and his girlfriend took prescription painkillers and the girl was choked during sex.
Herrera's mother, Melissa Ann Martinez, awaits trial on charges of providing drugs and alcohol to the underage couple.
The Texas legal drinking age is 21.
