Joel Camacho has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder in connection with a Smith County robbery that left Michael Ross II fatally injured. Ross died several years after the shooting, leading prosecutors to upgrade the case from aggravated assault to murder. Investigators say the robbery escalated and Ross ended up being shot in the side of the head. All three suspects pleaded guilty to the charges in 2018, and each received a 20-year sentence for the crime. Five years after the shooting, Ross died from his injuries, leading a Smith County grand jury to indict all three men on murder charges in 2026.