Modest man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his girlfriend’s 16-year-old daughter

humbly, Texel – A 62-year-old Humble man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for killing his girlfriend’s teenage daughter during an attempted sexual assault.

Van Henry Brisbon was convicted of capital murder for the 2022 killing of 16-year-old Lauren Juma.

On April 29, 2022, Juma, a Nimitz High School student, Facetimed her mother who was out of town for work and told her that Brisbon was acting “weird.”

Juma’s mother sent her older sister to the house and when she arrived, she found Brisbon holding Juma against her will at a gun point.

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When Harris County sheriff’s deputies arrived on scene, they heard gunshots coming from the home.

Brisbon was arrested and Juma was found in the house, shot dead.

Investigators later found evidence that Brisbon had attempted to sexually assault the teen.

A Harris County jury convicted Brisbon this week after a trial and he was automatically sentenced to life in prison.

“This defendant was a predator with a gun, and his choice to hurt a young girl and take her life was senseless and heinous,” Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement. “Not only did he take the life of a promising young woman, his actions destroyed a family.”

Brisbon is not eligible for parole.