Leroy N. Soetoro
2016-08-28 22:14:33 UTC
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/victoria-martens-murder-new-mexico-girl-
suspect-should-have-been-under-supervision/
ALBUQUERQUE -- A suspect in the brutal murder of a 10-year-old girl thats
shocked a New Mexico community was supposed to be on supervised probation
for a past offense at the time of the crime, but wasnt, reports CBS
affiliate KRQE.
Details of what New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and law enforcement
officials described as an unspeakable crime emerged in a criminal
complaint made public Thursday. Police said the elementary school student,
Victoria Martens, was injected with methamphetamine, sexually assaulted,
strangled and stabbed before being dismembered. Investigators discovered
her remains partially wrapped in a blanket and set ablaze in an
Albuquerque apartment bathroom early Wednesday.
The killing happened on the day the girl was going to celebrate her 10th
birthday.
This homicide is the most gruesome act of evil I have ever seen in my
career, Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden Jr. said.
The girls mother, 35-year-old Michelle Martens, her 31-year-old
boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, and his 31-year-old cousin, Jessica Kelley,
face charges of child abuse resulting in death, kidnapping and tampering
with evidence. Gonzales and Kelley also face charges of criminal sexual
penetration of a minor.
Gonzales has a New Mexico arrest record stretching back to 2004, including
a felony child abuse charge, driving while intoxicated and resisting
arrest. According to KRQE, Gonzales took a plea deal after an August 2014
incident during which he was accused of assaulting his former girlfriend
as she was driving a car he was riding in, with the couples child in the
backseat.
Gonzales reportedly pleaded guilty in February 2015 to two misdemeanor
charges and was sentenced to two years of supervised probation under the
New Mexico Department of Corrections, supervision that should have
included drug and alcohol treatment, counseling, random drug testing and
surprise home visits from probation officers.
But Department of Corrections Officials tell the station they never
received the documentation informing them that Gonzales was required to be
under their supervision.
We were not aware of this plea agreement until this morning it came to
our attention, we never received the documentation to say that he had
entered into this agreement, New Mexico Department of Corrections Deputy
Secretary of Administration Alex Sanchez told KRQE.
The station reports record keepers in the clerks office of the Bernalillo
County Second Judicial District are required to alert corrections
officials to new probation cases. The Department of Corrections has
launched an investigation, but Sanchez told the station he doesnt believe
his department was responsible for the error since he says they were never
notified. A spokesman for the Second Judicial District Court said in a
statement obtained by KRQE Thursday they were reviewing their records to
determine whether they made a mistake, and more information would be
forthcoming.
Under the plea agreement, Gonzales should have been under the supervision
of the probation department at the time of Victoria Martens murder,
through February of 2017. Its not clear, however, whether the slaying
could have been prevented. Multiple state agencies are now investigating,
the station reports. The New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and
Families said Thursday night that none of the three suspects in the case
has ever been on the agencys radar.
The brutal crime came to light in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday when police
arrived at the Albuquerque apartment complex where a couple had reportedly
been attacked, the woman bleeding from a head injury and the man sporting
a black eye and wearing blood-stained shorts.
The woman told officers her 10-year-old daughter was still inside
apartment from which they had escaped.
What the officers didnt know was that the child was already dead.
With the fire alarm blaring, they busted in the front door and searched
the smoke-filled apartment for Victoria Martens. In the bathroom, they
made the gruesome discovery of the young girls dismembered, burning
remains.
Investigators took into custody Michelle Martens, Fabian Gonzales, and
Jessica Kelley.
The community was left struggling to understand how a blossoming
elementary school student who loved swimming and gymnastics could have
been the target of such violence.
The killing happened on the day Victoria was going to celebrate her 10th
birthday.
Gonzales denied having involvement with Victorias death while reporters
yelled questions at him as he was led out of the police station in
handcuffs late Wednesday. The girls mother said nothing as she taken from
the police station to a police cruiser and driven away.
Police said Kelley was hospitalized and will be booked after shes
released. No details were disclosed about why she was hospitalized.
Bail was set at $1 million each for Martens and Gonzales at their first
court appearance Thursday afternoon. The two did not speak in court, and
the public defense lawyer who represented them did not comment about the
allegations.
As news spread about Victorias death, neighbors and friends built a
makeshift memorial under a tree near the apartment complex, adorning it
with stuffed animals and candles. Some hugged while others cried and
prayed.
In the evening, dozens of people gathered for a candlelight vigil and the
shrine grew.
Christie Zamora said Victoria attended her gymnastics class every Saturday
and always seemed happy.
She was incredibly social, Zamora said. Its just so tragic.
Another shrine was erected at Petroglyph Elementary School, where Victoria
had just started the new school year.
School officials said in a statement that, like the rest of the community,
their hearts ache. Victoria is in our thoughts and prayers as we hold our
children just a little tighter on this sad day, the statement read.
Neighbors said Victorias mother worked at a nearby grocery store deli and
they were shocked to see a mugshot of her in an orange jail jumpsuit.
Mugshots of Martens and Gonzales released by police showed them with
bruises on their faces. According to the complaint, Gonzales said his
cousin hit him and Martens with an iron, prompting him to jump over the
balcony and run to a neighboring apartment for help. Martens also found
her way outside.
Police initially went to the apartment complex early Wednesday after the
neighbor reported the disturbance.
Victorias mother told police she met Gonzales online about a month ago
and that he drugged the girl so he could calm her down and have sex with
her, the complaint said.
Gonzales lengthy arrest record includes a felony child abuse charge,
driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest.
Kelleys record includes battery, domestic violence and drug charges.
The Albuquerque Journal reported that in one case, Kelley acted as a
lookout while a woman allegedly raped another inmate at the Metropolitan
Detention Center in September 2012. Kelley pleaded no contest to
conspiracy to commit criminal sexual penetration and was sentenced to
three years in prison minus nearly a year for time served.
Martens told police Kelley had recently got out of prison and that she
allowed her to stay at the apartment.
Online court records show no criminal history in New Mexico for Martens.
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ALBUQUERQUE -- A suspect in the brutal murder of a 10-year-old girl thats
shocked a New Mexico community was supposed to be on supervised probation
for a past offense at the time of the crime, but wasnt, reports CBS
affiliate KRQE.
Details of what New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and law enforcement
officials described as an unspeakable crime emerged in a criminal
complaint made public Thursday. Police said the elementary school student,
Victoria Martens, was injected with methamphetamine, sexually assaulted,
strangled and stabbed before being dismembered. Investigators discovered
her remains partially wrapped in a blanket and set ablaze in an
Albuquerque apartment bathroom early Wednesday.
The killing happened on the day the girl was going to celebrate her 10th
birthday.
This homicide is the most gruesome act of evil I have ever seen in my
career, Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden Jr. said.
The girls mother, 35-year-old Michelle Martens, her 31-year-old
boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, and his 31-year-old cousin, Jessica Kelley,
face charges of child abuse resulting in death, kidnapping and tampering
with evidence. Gonzales and Kelley also face charges of criminal sexual
penetration of a minor.
Gonzales has a New Mexico arrest record stretching back to 2004, including
a felony child abuse charge, driving while intoxicated and resisting
arrest. According to KRQE, Gonzales took a plea deal after an August 2014
incident during which he was accused of assaulting his former girlfriend
as she was driving a car he was riding in, with the couples child in the
backseat.
Gonzales reportedly pleaded guilty in February 2015 to two misdemeanor
charges and was sentenced to two years of supervised probation under the
New Mexico Department of Corrections, supervision that should have
included drug and alcohol treatment, counseling, random drug testing and
surprise home visits from probation officers.
But Department of Corrections Officials tell the station they never
received the documentation informing them that Gonzales was required to be
under their supervision.
We were not aware of this plea agreement until this morning it came to
our attention, we never received the documentation to say that he had
entered into this agreement, New Mexico Department of Corrections Deputy
Secretary of Administration Alex Sanchez told KRQE.
The station reports record keepers in the clerks office of the Bernalillo
County Second Judicial District are required to alert corrections
officials to new probation cases. The Department of Corrections has
launched an investigation, but Sanchez told the station he doesnt believe
his department was responsible for the error since he says they were never
notified. A spokesman for the Second Judicial District Court said in a
statement obtained by KRQE Thursday they were reviewing their records to
determine whether they made a mistake, and more information would be
forthcoming.
Under the plea agreement, Gonzales should have been under the supervision
of the probation department at the time of Victoria Martens murder,
through February of 2017. Its not clear, however, whether the slaying
could have been prevented. Multiple state agencies are now investigating,
the station reports. The New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and
Families said Thursday night that none of the three suspects in the case
has ever been on the agencys radar.
The brutal crime came to light in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday when police
arrived at the Albuquerque apartment complex where a couple had reportedly
been attacked, the woman bleeding from a head injury and the man sporting
a black eye and wearing blood-stained shorts.
The woman told officers her 10-year-old daughter was still inside
apartment from which they had escaped.
What the officers didnt know was that the child was already dead.
With the fire alarm blaring, they busted in the front door and searched
the smoke-filled apartment for Victoria Martens. In the bathroom, they
made the gruesome discovery of the young girls dismembered, burning
remains.
Investigators took into custody Michelle Martens, Fabian Gonzales, and
Jessica Kelley.
The community was left struggling to understand how a blossoming
elementary school student who loved swimming and gymnastics could have
been the target of such violence.
The killing happened on the day Victoria was going to celebrate her 10th
birthday.
Gonzales denied having involvement with Victorias death while reporters
yelled questions at him as he was led out of the police station in
handcuffs late Wednesday. The girls mother said nothing as she taken from
the police station to a police cruiser and driven away.
Police said Kelley was hospitalized and will be booked after shes
released. No details were disclosed about why she was hospitalized.
Bail was set at $1 million each for Martens and Gonzales at their first
court appearance Thursday afternoon. The two did not speak in court, and
the public defense lawyer who represented them did not comment about the
allegations.
As news spread about Victorias death, neighbors and friends built a
makeshift memorial under a tree near the apartment complex, adorning it
with stuffed animals and candles. Some hugged while others cried and
prayed.
In the evening, dozens of people gathered for a candlelight vigil and the
shrine grew.
Christie Zamora said Victoria attended her gymnastics class every Saturday
and always seemed happy.
She was incredibly social, Zamora said. Its just so tragic.
Another shrine was erected at Petroglyph Elementary School, where Victoria
had just started the new school year.
School officials said in a statement that, like the rest of the community,
their hearts ache. Victoria is in our thoughts and prayers as we hold our
children just a little tighter on this sad day, the statement read.
Neighbors said Victorias mother worked at a nearby grocery store deli and
they were shocked to see a mugshot of her in an orange jail jumpsuit.
Mugshots of Martens and Gonzales released by police showed them with
bruises on their faces. According to the complaint, Gonzales said his
cousin hit him and Martens with an iron, prompting him to jump over the
balcony and run to a neighboring apartment for help. Martens also found
her way outside.
Police initially went to the apartment complex early Wednesday after the
neighbor reported the disturbance.
Victorias mother told police she met Gonzales online about a month ago
and that he drugged the girl so he could calm her down and have sex with
her, the complaint said.
Gonzales lengthy arrest record includes a felony child abuse charge,
driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest.
Kelleys record includes battery, domestic violence and drug charges.
The Albuquerque Journal reported that in one case, Kelley acted as a
lookout while a woman allegedly raped another inmate at the Metropolitan
Detention Center in September 2012. Kelley pleaded no contest to
conspiracy to commit criminal sexual penetration and was sentenced to
three years in prison minus nearly a year for time served.
Martens told police Kelley had recently got out of prison and that she
allowed her to stay at the apartment.
Online court records show no criminal history in New Mexico for Martens.
--
His Omnipotence Barack Hussein Obama, declared himself "Pooptator" of all
mentally ill homosexuals and crossdressers, while declaring where they
will defecate.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $19 trillion in the seven
years he has been in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America. The only American president to deliberately import a
lethal infectious disease from Africa, Ebola.
Loretta Fuddy, killed after she "verified" Obama's phony birth
certificate.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptitude.
Obama continues his muslim goal of disarming America while ObamaCare
increases insurance premiums 300% and leaves millions without health care.
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