Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | https://www.justice.gov/
Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General | https://www.justice.gov/
Pablo Martinez, Jr., a 36-year-old resident of Tucson, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash. This sentence will be followed by five years of supervised release. Martinez pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder on April 15, 2024.
The case stems from an incident on September 26, 2019, when Martinez murdered a six-year-old child by holding the victim's face under running water in a bathtub for five to ten minutes during a bath. The child inhaled water, which led to liquid thermal burns and resulted in death. The victim was an enrolled member of the Pascua Yaqui Indian Tribe.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pascua Yaqui Police Department. The prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Frances M. Kreamer Hope and Matthew C. Cassell from the District of Arizona, Tucson.
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