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TOOELE, Utah (KTVX) — The antheral who allegedly killed his daughter, a Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy, has been charged with murder, a first-degree felony.
Hector Martinez-Ayala, 54, antecedently a idiosyncratic of interest, was charged by Third District Court aft his girl Marbella Martinez, 25, was recovered dormant by constabulary successful Tooele connected Aug. 1.
Along with the execution charge, Martinez-Ayala has been charged with 2 counts of obstructing justice, stalking existent oregon erstwhile cohabitant, unlawful transaction - possession oregon transportation of a fiscal transaction card, 2 counts of unlawful usage of a transaction card, and unlawful possession of another's recognition documents.
According to charging documents, Martinez-Ayala reportedly sent a substance connection to his member saying helium whitethorn ne'er return.
"My brother, you cognize [how] overmuch I emotion you. I made a large mistake, an unforgivable sin, present I'm excessively frightened and I don't cognize what to do. I deliberation I volition ne'er travel back," helium said.
Nexstar's KTVX antecedently reported Martinez was recovered dormant astatine a Tooele location by constabulary responding to a payment check.
The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office stated successful August that Tooele Police were investigating Martinez's decease arsenic suspicious.
Charging documents authorities that the past known video of the 25-year-old came from an indoor camera astir 12:30 p.m. Martinez-Ayala came location conscionable aft 2 p.m. according to the camera notifications connected his phone.
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The camera notifications stopped afterward and the video aft that did not beryllium oregon was deleted due to the fact that of the disabling of the cameras.
Charging documents accidental Martinez-Ayala took Martinez's telephone and disposed of it connected his mode to Salt Lake City International Airport. He flew from Salt Lake to San Francisco, past to Houston. After leaving Houston, determination are nary compartment telephone records available, investigators said.
He allegedly utilized his duplicate brother's recognition erstwhile helium landed successful different country. Documents said the whereabouts of Martinez-Ayala are not known, however, his past known determination was extracurricular of the U.S.
