The murder of a White Marine sergeant and his African-American wife, was found to be the handiwork of four other Marines who were angry over the mixed race relationship.
Investigators found Sgt. Jan Pietrzak (seen above-l) and his wife Quiana (seen above-r), in their California home bound in red duct tape with gunshot wounds to their heads in October.
Police kept insisting the couple were slain for their money, but a key prosecution witness revealed a stunning bit of information; that racist remarks were spray painted on the walls of the couples home The New York Daily News reports.
“Nigger Lover” was written on the wall near the master bedroom and on a bathroom mirror. Riverside County Homicide investigator Benjamin Ramirez testified at a preliminary hearing, according to the News.
Investigators found Sgt. Jan Pietrzak (seen above-l) and his wife Quiana (seen above-r), in their California home bound in red duct tape with gunshot wounds to their heads in October.
Police kept insisting the couple were slain for their money, but a key prosecution witness revealed a stunning bit of information; that racist remarks were spray painted on the walls of the couples home The New York Daily News reports.
“Nigger Lover” was written on the wall near the master bedroom and on a bathroom mirror. Riverside County Homicide investigator Benjamin Ramirez testified at a preliminary hearing, according to the News.
Prosecutors allege that the Marines – Pvt. Emrys John, 18; Lance Cpl. Tyrone Miller, 20; Pvt. Kesuan (Psycho) Sykes, 21 and Pvt. Kevin Cox, 20 – burst into the Pietrzak’s home in Temecula, Calif., with shotguns; tying up and torturing the couple. The marines repeatedly raped Quiana before Pvt. John, shot them both in the head.
They all pleaded not guilty but if convicted the men will face the death penalty.
The investigator stated when he arrived at the Pietrzaks’ home, that Quiana was found leaning against a couch with red duct tape covering her eyes and gunshot wounds to her head and right side.
Her husband “was found leaning against his wife, his face, wrists and ankles bound with red duct tape. He had been shot in the right cheek, and there was blood ‘almost covering his entire face," the News reports citing investigator Ramirez.
Moreover, it was noted that two sofa cushions were apparently used to muffle the gunshot blasts and “evidence the killers tried to cover their tracks by setting a small fire. They left behind foot prints that tied them to the crime,” Ramirez said.
The victim's mothers wept during the two day hearing. “We’re going to visit our children at the grave,” Henryka Pietrzak-Varga of Bensonhurst said later. “That’s all we have left after this.”
Pietrzak’s mother and Quiana’s mother Glenda Faye Williams-Jenkins, never believed their children’s murders were about robbery.
It is unclear why Riverside County Prosecutor Dan DeLimon, refused to delve into the racial angle, he said. “That will be addressed when the preliminary hearing continues on May 8,”
The victim's mothers wept during the two day hearing. “We’re going to visit our children at the grave,” Henryka Pietrzak-Varga of Bensonhurst said later. “That’s all we have left after this.”
Pietrzak’s mother and Quiana’s mother Glenda Faye Williams-Jenkins, never believed their children’s murders were about robbery.
It is unclear why Riverside County Prosecutor Dan DeLimon, refused to delve into the racial angle, he said. “That will be addressed when the preliminary hearing continues on May 8,”
WHEN WILL THE HATRED END?!
2009 LA
It will never end. It hurts so bad to see that. Makes you just want to give up. It so hard to try and see good with shit like this.
ReplyDeleteSo much for the myth that military service members are heroes. Next time you hear a government official say that, remember it's not true. I served in the Marines for 4 years, most of my fellow marines were very very far from being a hero.
ReplyDeleteI never heard of this story until now. I am a sbf and have dated white men, it is so dangerous. I am also a native-Californian. I will tell my friends.
ReplyDeleteso sad that we have to kill over and have killed over race. I have dated outside of my race but not married (recently) I now live in the south, and funny the place I live I see more inter-racial dating than when I lived (born and raised in Cali) sad, this had to happen
ReplyDeleteThis is awful and sad that some people won't evolve and allow someone to just love who they want. Actually some military people are heroes, most of them likely are. However a lot of what it takes is the ability to kill someone. That is what they are trained to do for all of us. When they come back we as a country need to provide them with the counseling and help they need to integrate. Though we also need to be able to test them to see if they have a predisposition for self control or not. I think the men that did this (at least in this case) were likely very disturbed before they went to fight. My class professor once said that people that go into the army (not all but most of them) have a violent streak. It was a good warning to keep in mind because it takes a certain kind of person to be able to do that job.
ReplyDeleteAnyway I feel bad for these people and the family of the interracial couple. I know even now my parents are worried that if I date someone that isn't Caucasian that something will happen to me. It's time that the world evolves to understand that love is love, no matter what form it comes in. When I love someone it's their soul that I'm in love with.
I wish this wouldn't have happened to them. The people that did this deserve the death penalty.