Judge hands out jail time to Eagle Lake woman

Jury ruled community supervision enough, judge disagrees

An Eagle Lake woman who received no jail time from jury members after pleading guilty to manslaughter will now serve time after the presiding judge decided community supervision wasn’t enough at her sentencing on Tuesday, April 22.

Aaliyah Dominiq Almanza, 24, was initially charged with manslaughter after a crash she was deemed to be at fault for on July 17, 2022, killed 8-year-old Tyler Joe Blair.