Posted on 06/10/2010 7:41:59 AM PDT by SandRat
BISBEE — A rancher who was killed by a suspected illegal immigrant at his 35,000-acre ranch northeast of Douglas earlier this year died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to a recently released autopsy report.
On March 27, Robert Krentz Jr., 58, was checking the ranch at about 10:30 a.m. He notified his family he encountered a southbound illegal immigrant and had called the U.S. Border Patrol, according to the report.
He was supposed to meet a family member at a watering tank at 12:30 p.m. When he did not show up, the family started a search and then called Search and Rescue. An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter found him dead in his truck at 11:43 p.m.
“In my opinion, Robert Krentz Jr. died of multiple gunshot wounds. The manner of death is homicide,” Avneesh Gupta, deputy medical examiner for Cochise County, states in the autopsy report.
The Cochise County Attorney’s Office released the autopsy report on Wednesday. Several sections of information in the report are redacted. As a result, the exact injuries to Krentz are not clear.
“That was what the Sheriff’s Department said we could send out, without compromising their investigation,” said Doyle Johnstun, chief deputy county attorney.
Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever could not be reached for comment.
According to the report, however, Krentz sustained traumatic injury to his head, chest, abdomen, extremities, back and buttocks.
Also, the back of his right hand had multiple irregularly shaped, red abrasions which spread over an area of 15 cm by 12 cm and vary from 2.5 cm to 0.5 cm, according to the report.
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Border Ping.
All you NCIS Duckie and Abby Schouto wanna-bes have fun.
Check that. We already know the answer.
I doubt there will be any justice for Robert Krentz. This is so sad and sickening I could scream.
Too bad our government doesn’t get as outraged about an illegal immigrant killing an American citizen as the Mexican government gets about the Border Patrol shooting one of their citizens. Oh wait, they’d actually have CARE about their fellow citizens.
It sounds as if he died hard to a couple of sadists. Mutiple gunshoots to head, chest, arms and BUTTOCKS? I think I know why they redacted the full report.
Just from what we can read Duckie and Abby would be disgusted at the way this man lost his life and tell Gibbs so. I wish we had a Gibbs on this muder case to catch the perp(s).
Calderon will declare this an accidental death.
Calderon will declare this an accidental death.”
Clinton & Arkansas coroners would have called it suicide.
It seems like few care that Rob Krentz was murdered in cold blood on his own property by someone who had no right to be there and was very likely involved in an illegal smuggling operation. Those of us who do care need to make sure this is not forgotten and need to keep the story out there.
I did speak to a Border Patrol supervisor yesterday that told me they care very much about Rob’s murder and they are thoroughly questioning illegals they apprehend to try to find any thing related to his murder. There is a person of interest that is an illegal that frequented the area and is implicated in break-ins in that area and other crimes. The person of interest may have information that can solve this case or may in fact be the murderer.
Ping!
RIP, Mr. Krentz.
This makes me ill!
Thank you for the ping.
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