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In a chilling incident in Arizona, a teenager reportedly overheard her mother begging for her life before discovering her father smoking a cigar, standing over his wife’s lifeless body in the garage. This tragic scene unfolded on March 16, leading to Robert Marin facing severe legal consequences. He has been charged with second-degree murder and two counts of disorderly conduct, as reported by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to Oxygen.
The events that led to this horrific outcome allegedly began when Heather Marin arrived at Robert’s Phoenix residence following a heated argument between him and their daughter. A probable cause affidavit, shared by Law & Crime, reveals that the conflict escalated as Robert expressed vehement animosity towards Heather, from whom he was informally separated and in the process of divorcing.
The teenager recounted to the police that her father had contacted her mother, complaining about his inability to manage their daughter and expressing his desire for her to leave the house. The tension reportedly heightened when the daughter voiced her concerns to Robert about the separation, further fueling the argument, as detailed in the affidavit.
In a heart-wrenching turn of events, the daughter recounted ignoring two calls from her mother while in her room, only to later hear distressing sounds from the garage. It was then, according to court records, that she heard her mother’s desperate pleas: “please don’t kill me, please don’t kill me.”
The teen told police that she heard her father calling her mother and telling her that he “could not deal with their daughter anymore” and didn’t want her staying at the home, per the court records. The daughter went to her room, ignoring two subsequent phone calls from her mother, per the affidavit, before she heard shouting in the garage and her mom allegedly say, “please don’t kill me, please don’t kill me.”
The daughter told police she heard four shots around 9:30 p.m. and opened the garage door to find her father “standing near or over” the body holding a gun, authorities alleged.
After finding the bloody scene, the teen yelled,“Why would you do this?!” to which the 60-year-old allegedly responded by “shrugging his shoulders,” then walked out of the garage, only to return with a cigar, according to the affidavit.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office argued in the court document that the killing appeared premeditated because Marin showed “indifference after the shooting, electing to smoke a cigar rather than render aid.”
Marin was allegedly covered with “blood on his clothing and shoes” when deputies arrived at the property, authorities said. They recovered the firearm at the scene.
“When deputies contacted the suspect, he dropped to his knees upon their arrival and was detained without making any statements,” the affidavit read. “Deputies noted a strong odor of alcohol coming from Marin during transport to a MCSO [Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office] facility for questioning and processing.”
The couple’s teenage daughter described a volatile relationship between her parents, per the affidavit, telling investigators that, in February, Marin had threatened to shoot his wife and then himself. She also alerted them to “hateful” text messages between the pair, authorities said.
“[The daughter] confirmed that Marin was an avid gun owner with multiple unsecured firearms stored throughout the residence to include pistols and hunting rifles,” the affidavit alleged. “She also described a large safe in a closet within the house which also stored firearms and ammunition.”
Marin is currently being held in the Maricopa County jail on a $2 million bond, according to court records reviewed by Oxygen.
Oxygen reached out to the Maricopa public defender’s office, who is representing Marin on the allegations, but did not receive an immediate response.