Regla Becquer
Convicted by guilty plea and sentenced. Regla “Su” Becquer pleaded guilty in October 2026 and received decades in prison.
Introduction
Regla “Su” Becquer is the former owner of Love & Caring for People LLC, an unlicensed company that operated community living homes in North Texas, who pleaded guilty in October 2026 to crimes tied to the abuse, neglect, and deaths of elderly and disabled residents in her care . Police documented at least 20 clients who died since September 2022 in connection with her homes, and a Tarrant County judge sentenced her to concurrent prison terms totaling decades .
Background Information
Becquer’s company claimed to provide supervised personal care for adults in need across five homes in Tarrant County, in the Arlington, Mansfield, and Grand Prairie areas, serving adults with physical and mental disabilities . The homes were unlicensed — operating outside the state system that regulates assisted living — which is the setting that Texas investigators later cited in pushing for new criminal penalties for such operations .
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Arlington police arrested Becquer in March 2024 after a woman living in one of the homes reported abusive conditions; investigators said residents were given unprescribed drugs, had their debit and EBT cards used fraudulently, and were blocked from contacting their families . One resident with cerebral palsy told detectives she had been promised a bed but placed on a mattress on the floor, left in an unchanged diaper, and given a mint-flavored liquid medicine she was not prescribed; she said she cut her wrists hoping to be taken to a hospital and get away .
Police found at least 20 clients had died since September 2022 and said there could be more; most victims were cremated or buried, and only two autopsies were performed . One of those autopsies found that 60-year-old Steven “Kelly” Pankratz died from mixed drug toxicity while under Becquer’s care . Investigators also documented Becquer taking possession of clients’ phones, cars, and even houses — one home came to her through a one-sentence handwritten will signed by its owner days before she died .
Public Reaction and Consequences
Becquer pleaded guilty on October 13, 2026 to criminally negligent homicide, abandoning or endangering an individual, and financial abuse of the elderly, according to court records reported by CBS Texas and FOX 4 . The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office said she was sentenced to 18 years in prison for financial abuse of the elderly, 10 years for abandoning or endangering an individual, and 2 years in state jail for criminally negligent homicide; FOX 4 characterized the total as 28 years in prison plus two years in state jail . “These sentences will end Becquer’s infamous business scheme and bring justice for victims who went unknown for so long,” said Anna Tinsley Williams of the DA’s office . The case contributed to changes in Texas law governing the operation and oversight of group homes .
Current Status
Becquer is serving her sentence after pleading guilty; FOX 4 reported at least 13 residents died at the homes between September 2022 and her March 2024 arrest, while Arlington police later put the figure at 20 and said there could be more . Her company’s five homes are no longer operating under her ownership.
Impact on Their Career/Life
Becquer’s conviction dismantled a business model that had operated outside Texas licensing for years and made her the state’s most prominent prosecution of an unlicensed care-home operator . The case became the centerpiece of Dallas-Fort Worth investigative reporting on unlicensed boarding homes, and the sentencing is cited in coverage of the state laws that followed, which made operating an unlicensed assisted-living facility a criminal offense.