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Inset: Martine Mayorquin (Pima County Jail via KOLD). Background: The 600 block of North Dodge Boulevard in Tucson, Arizona, where Mayorquin allegedly murdered his girlfriend (Google Maps).
Identified as Martine Mayorquin, he is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Katlynne Roy, as well as three counts of child abuse. This information was provided by the Tucson police. The incident prompted a police response at around 6 p.m. on Monday to a residence in the 600 block of North Dodge Boulevard, where 911 calls had reported a “commotion” nearby.
According to an arrest affidavit sourced by Law&Crime, neighbors alerted the property manager after hearing screams and the cries of children from an apartment. When the manager entered, they found the victim on the floor with the suspect standing over her, while the children were distressingly gathered in a bathroom.
Upon arrival, officers discovered a woman who was unresponsive, exhibiting signs of having been strangled.
Officers arrived at the apartment and found an unresponsive woman on the floor with “apparent strangulation trauma.”
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cops arrested Mayorquin after he “admitted to strangling the victim twice in front of their 7-year-old, 5-year-old and 3-year-old until she was no longer responsive,” prosecutors said at a first appearance hearing posted by local CBS affiliate KOLD. After receiving his Miranda rights, Mayorquin allegedly said he put Roy in a “rear naked choke hold” for three minutes. He took a two-minute break and then proceeded to place Roy into the hold again for another five minutes, the affidavit stated.
Mayorquin had scratches on his chest and back which he said was from the victim fighting back, per cops.
At his first appearance, his public defender argued for a lower bond, stating his client has no previous criminal history. But a judge granted the prosecution’s request for a $1 million bond.
The defendant remains in the Pima County Jail. His next court date is set for April 24.