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Junny Rios-Martinez

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As of May 19, 2008 we are awaiting for Gov. Charlie Crist to sign Schwab's death warrant. The Stay has been by the supreme court. We will try and keep eveyone updated on this. Thank you very much The Martinez Family.If you would like a little inside on Junny please read below, Thank you for your supportSchwab was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing 11-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez in 1991.On April 18, 1991, Schwab called Clearlake Middle School pretending to be Junny's father. He asked school officials to have the boy meet him at a nearby baseball field.Just a month earlier, Schwab was released from prison after serving less than half of an eight-year sentence for raping a 13-year-old boy in Cocoa Beach. He saw a photo of Junny flying a kite published in FLORIDA TODAY and became fixated.Schwab called the family and said he wanted to do an article about Junny, who loved surfing, for a fictitious magazine. He attended one of Junny's Little League games. He gave the family an Easter card.Schwab met Junny at the baseball field, and the boy was never seen again -- alive.A massive manhunt ensued. Police received a break in the case when Schwab, in Ohio, called an aunt there and told her that he couldn't handle the death penalty or a life sentence. Police monitored and traced the call. He was arrested while still on the phone in a phone booth.Five days after Junny disappeared, Schwab led police to a rope-tied footlocker in the woods in Canaveral Groves. Inside was the boy's body."They say, 'Forgive and forget.' But this is one of those things you can't forget," Vicki Rios-Martinez said earlier this year. "If you can forget, then it might be easier to forgive."

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The Con

Poem written by mother of Junny many years ago but oh how appro this day, Vicki Rios Martinez The Con Midnight dreams Never came through the night But the dawn revealed The nightmares to be true Sha...
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 11:20:00 GMT

To update Family & Friends

TALLAHASSEE  Florida plans to execute child killer Mark Dean Schwab on July 1. Gov. Charlie Crist set the date today after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay of execution for Schwab. He was schedul...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 13:52:00 GMT