The “obsessed” father of a Utah sheriff’s deputy who was discovered useless final month has been charged in her homicide — which he allegedly described as “an unforgivable sin” earlier than stealing his twin brother’s ID to flee the nation.
Hector Ramon Martinez-Ayala, 54, was charged Friday after the physique of his daughter, Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Marbella Martinez, 25, was discovered within the household’s Tooele dwelling throughout an Aug. 1 welfare verify, in response to Fox 13.
Texts from the “obsessed and controlling dad” had been “extra of the character of a jealous lover than a father,” investigators stated.
In February, Martinez discovered a bag of her underwear in her father’s room, KSL reported.
Investigators stated he additionally positioned a monitoring machine and hidden digicam on his daughter’s automotive in July to trace her whereas she was on trip with a love curiosity, the outlet added.
Martinez-Ayala is believed to have strangled his daughter, a corrections officer with the SLCSO, on July 31.
“My brother, you already know a lot I like you, I made an enormous mistake, an unforgivable sin, now I’m too scared and I don’t know what to do. I feel I’ll by no means come again,” the disturbed dad allegedly texted his twin on July 31 — earlier than utilizing his brother’s ID to go away the nation.
His whereabouts are unknown.
A latest academy graduate, Martinez turned a corrections officer on Jan. 11.
“In her quick time with us, she turned a cherished buddy and an integral a part of our group,” Sheriff Rosie Rivera stated in a Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Workplace Fb announcement.
Prices towards Martinez-Ayala embrace homicide, stalking and obstructing justice.
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