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Abe Martinez

Death by Force
Case Description
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On a summer day in South Salt Lake, Utah, a grim series of events unfolded that ended in the death of 44-year-old Abe Martinez, a Hispanic male. On June 17, 2018, Martinez entered the home of his 89-year-old grandmother, Rose Martinez, and her 71-year-old husband. Martinez, who had recently been paroled from the federal prison system and had walked away from a halfway house just days earlier, took his elderly grandparents hostage in their residence near 450 E. Stanley Ave.

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  • ABC4 Utah: 89 year old grandmother killed by grandson during hostage situation
  • The Salt Lake Tribune: Police identify man who killed elderly woman during South Salt Lake standoff as her grandson
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    Victim Details

    Abe Martinez

    Male

    Hispanic / Latino

    Salt Lake City

    UT

    2018-06-17

    44

    Abe

    Martinez

    11/05/2025

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