Prosecutors will seek death penalty in slayings of 5-year-old, mother
Also see this LBN story from this afternoon:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141090537
http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/prosecutors-will-seek-death-penalty-in-slayings-of--year/article_f5066f40-f7f3-11e4-812b-63c0f3453bb9.html
POSTED: MONDAY, MAY 11, 2015 10:39 AM | UPDATED: 2:15 PM, MON MAY 11, 2015.
By Todd Cooper, Alissa Skelton and Kevin Cole / World-Herald staff writers
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the half-brother of the boy found in the Elkhorn River on Monday morning.
Roberto C. Martinez-Marinero, 25, reportedly admitted to authorities that he killed his mother, left his 11-month-old brother in a dumpster in La Vista and then threw his 5-year-old half-brother, Josue, over a guardrail and into the Elkhorn River.
Josue Ramirez-Marinero
Josue was alive when he was thrown into the river, Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said.
The boy's body was discovered Monday morning about a mile south of the U.S. Highway 275/West Center Road bridge.
FULL story at link. Video:
http://studio.omaha.com/?ndn.trackingGroup=91341&ndn.siteSection=omahawh_nws_loc_sty_pp&ndn.videoId=29054816&freewheel=91341&sitesection=omahawh_nws_loc_sty_pp&vid=29054816
BRENDAN SULLIVAN/THE WORLD-HERALD
Family members and friends of 5-year-old Josue Ramirez-Marinero comfort one another while gathering at a relatives home Monday. Roberto C. Martinez-Marinero, 25, reportedly admitted to police that he killed his mother Jesus Ismenia Marinero, left his 11-month-old brother, Angel Ramirez-Marinero, in a dumpster in La Vista and then threw his 5-year-old half-brother, Josue, over a guardrail and into the Elkhorn River. On Monday morning the body of 5-year-old Josue Ramirez-Marinero was found in the Elkhorn River.