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Mother ‘stood by and watched’ (murder of 10-year old Victoria Martens)
Albuquerque Journal ^ | 26 Aug 16 | Robert Browman, Elise Kaplan And Nicole Perez

Posted on 08/27/2016 4:51:25 PM PDT by Drew68

The scene Wednesday morning in apartment number 808 of the Arroyo Villas complex was like something out of a horror movie. A man and a woman had allegedly drugged a little girl, then raped, killed and dismembered her.

Most would expect the girl’s mother to fight with everything she had to save her daughter. But Michelle Martens, according to her own reported account to police, is not that kind of mother.

In her statement to police, it appears that Martens wanted to watch as her boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, 31, and his cousin Jessica Kelley, 31, raped her 10-year-old daughter Victoria Martens before killing her and trying to dispose of her body.

A detective detailed Martens’ account in a criminal complaint filed against Kelley, who had been hospitalized for two days after she jumped from a balcony of the northwest Albuquerque apartment trying to flee from officers. She was transferred to jail Friday morning.

In the complaint, Martens, 35, told police that she watched Gonzales and Kelley sexually assault Victoria for her own “sexual gratification” after the pair had injected the girl with methamphetamine.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: albuquerque; deathpenalty; meth; motherhood; rape; victoriamartens; women
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To: Drew68

I think there is only one possible explanation, as with the recent murder of the two nuns in Mississippi: Satan is real.


61 posted on 08/28/2016 3:35:14 AM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: Drew68

Public execution of them all!


62 posted on 08/28/2016 5:07:54 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: No_More_Harkin

“I don’t understand the news reporting tragedy at all”.....

You can run but you can’t, and should NEVER, run from the truth. Evil exists and keeping it in the forefront for all to see is, IMO, a necessary reminder. Saying it isn’t with us does not make it go away.


63 posted on 08/28/2016 5:51:28 AM PDT by DaveA37 (t)
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To: Drew68

For a crime this heinous I would agree that justice should be their life. It is beyond rational thought that another human being could behave this way. It is nothing but pure evil.
I agree that more people should be involved in addressing the problems that occur in society.


64 posted on 08/28/2016 7:06:16 AM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: gigster

I would agree with that. To think that tragedy such as this and the Mason family, where the perps get to continue to live their lives on the taxpayer dime seems like a sick joke on the American public.
Texas should be a model for the rest of the states as far as capital crime.


65 posted on 08/28/2016 7:11:05 AM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: jocon307
I don’t advocate doing meth (obviously) but I wonder if drugs are not made the scapegoat sometimes.

Yes, lots of people use meth and aren't murdering children. I also disagree with the whole "all drugs are equally evil" argument that often gets presented on these threads. Yet look at the mom's Facebook page I linked to above. At one point not far in the past she appeared to be a normal single mom who loved her children. She had a job. She had no criminal record.

WTF happened to her?

66 posted on 08/28/2016 7:12:51 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: MrEdd

Hey, thanks fellow Freeper.
I’m simply trying to understand why tragedy we can do nothing about ends up as front page news.
Let me know if you feel the need to add something besides an insult.


67 posted on 08/28/2016 7:15:19 AM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: Mears

so true, in fact I’m addicted to those forensic files shows. but they always seem to have a good ending since they catch the perp.

The thing is with science fiction it’s not publish in the news. My sister in law is paranoid that people are murdered in Des Moines Iowa all the time. I tried to tell her that there’s about 10 on average every year and it’s usually some drug deal.


68 posted on 08/28/2016 7:20:13 AM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: Jim Noble

Know how much time it takes to find just the right tree?


69 posted on 08/28/2016 7:38:48 AM PDT by Paleo Pete (Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.)
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To: Drew68
For people who don't believe there is good and evil in this world... well.. hope they reconsider...

May God be with young girl... may His grace wipe away every tear... and the pain wrought by this evil....
70 posted on 08/28/2016 7:49:58 AM PDT by PigRigger
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To: Drew68

“WTF happened to her?”

Yes, that’s really the question. It seems the other woman is well established as bad news, so I guess this might get filed under “fell in with a bad crowd”.


71 posted on 08/28/2016 9:53:42 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: Drew68; LegendHasIt; leapfrog0202; Santa Fe_Conservative; DesertDreamer; OneWingedShark; ...
This is the most recent of three stories posted on this horrific murder. The other two are linked below.

Mom, 2 others drugged 10-year-old before killing her (Albuquerque)

APD: Mom, boyfriend arrested in disturbing rape and murder of 10-year-old girl (Albuquerque, NM)

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72 posted on 08/30/2016 3:20:33 PM PDT by CedarDave (Democrats, socialists, progressives all hooked on OPM - Other Peoples Money.)
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To: CedarDave
This is the most recent of three stories posted on this horrific murder.

This fourth one was posted without New Mexico as a keyword:

Mom, boyfriend arrested after 10 year-old girl injected w/ meth, raped, killed, police say

73 posted on 08/30/2016 3:31:48 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

This is just plain evil.


74 posted on 08/30/2016 4:29:48 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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