'Obsessed' Dad Accused Of Stalking, Killing His Sheriff's Deputy Daughter Before Fleeing U.S.
HuffPost
Police said text messages Hector Ramon Martinez-Ayala sent his 25-year-old daughter were "more of the nature of a jealous lover than a father.”
A Utah man whom authorities described as becoming “increasingly obsessed and controlling” over his adult daughter, a 25-year-old sheriff’s deputy, is on the run after he was accused of killing her last month.
Hector Ramon Martinez-Ayala, 54, was charged last week with offenses including murder and stalking a current or former cohabitant after his daughter, Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Marbella Martinez, was discovered dead on Aug. 1.
Martinez’s body was found “lying on top of the bed, covered with a blanket up to her neck,” in the home she shared with her father in Tooele, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by HuffPost.
Officers who discovered Martinez’s body called her death suspicious after seeing blood in her mouth and what looked like fingernail claw marks on her face and neck, according to the affidavit.
The state medical examiner’s office determined Martinez’s death was caused by strangulation.
Although the term could refer to a judge advocate general — a military lawyer — it can also mean "a person with an unfavorable personality or annoying habits."
The incoming administration is reportedly considering rolling back a policy that keeps immigration officials out of places like schools and churches.
From fake fundraisers to lost pet extortion, here are some of the scams that proliferate around disasters, and the red flags to look out for.
Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to make the announcement Tuesday, joining a number of other states in trying to safeguard access to mifepristone.
Donald Trump's daughter-in-law leaned in to climate denialism amid historic winter fires in California.
A surprise star of the president-elect's 2024 campaign could make an appearance.
The letter signed by 10 senators who sit on the upper chamber's Judiciary Committee comes a week ahead of Trump taking office.
And it was “not because it portrayed him as heartless," according to The New Yorker's profile of the show's creator Lorne Michaels.
Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem will all sit at witness tables in Senate confirmation hearings this week.
"The Tonight Show" host also joked that Elon Musk would be delighted to get some "alone" time with Donald Trump.
Donald Trump's daughter talked about politics being a "very dark, negative business."
Against the wishes of President-elect Donald Trump, the report is now public.
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing a law that could ban the app in the U.S. later this month.
Republican lawmakers from states that have been devastated by natural disasters don't exactly love the idea of withholding aid to California.
In an emotional video, Casey Colvin finally finds his pup Oreo, who ran away during evacuation and survived for five days during the Palisades fire.
David Weiss criticized President Joe Biden for pardoning his son.
The president-elect also reposted a meme of a burning “Hollywood” sign replaced with the words “Trump Was Right.”