NYC actress uses $70 online searches to help police find suspect in her father’s 1986 killing

[SoCalDem]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nyc-woman-uses-online-searches-to-help-police-find-suspect-in-her-fathers-1986-killing/2013/06/11/771d46de-d30c-11e2-b3a2-3bf5eb37b9d0_singlePage.html?tid=obnetwork


By Associated Press, Published: June 11 | Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 12:44 AM

NEW YORK — An aspiring actress has helped police track down a suspect in her father’s 1986 slaying.

Periodically, over the last few years, Joselyn Martinez would try to find information about the man accused of shooting and killing her father outside his restaurant on Nov. 22, 1986, when she was 9 years old. Beginning in 2006, she trolled Myspace and Facebook for information. In 2011, she wrote a letter to “America’s Most Wanted.” Through it all, she spent her own money, dishing out payments of $69.99 to various online search programs that turn up potential addresses and phone numbers for people.

And on Friday, her efforts were vindicated when police arrested Justo Santos on charges he murdered her father, Jose Martinez, outside his Dominican restaurant in the city’s Washington Heights neighborhood 27 years ago.

“It’s amazing,” Martinez, 36, said Tuesday. “I didn’t plan for this. It’s been surreal.”

Police said Santos, whose arrest in Miami was first reported by the Daily News, has made statements implicating himself in the killing. On Tuesday, Santos agreed to let police return him to New York later. He was in police custody Tuesday and wasn’t available for comment, and there was no information on whether he had an attorney. He has a Miami court date later this month.

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[Mnemosyne]

1. Sometimes there is justice.

Hi SoCal! Good to 'see' you about!

[etherealtruth]

2. Tenacity pays off

I hope she can find some peace, now.