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Raymond Deleon Martinez | Inmate dies after 33 yrs on Death Row | Autographed Letter Signed | Pmk: 18 July 2016 | UNOPENED
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Inmate dies after 33 yrs on Death Row at Polunsky Unit (TX)
A diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic with an IQ of 65, Ray Martinez was one of the state's longest-serving death row prisoners.
Ray Martinez had been on death row since July 18, 1984, for a capital murder conviction.
Respected death penalty lawyer Patrick McCann, who represented Martinez earlier in the appeals process, laughed upon hearing of his former client's death.
"He won then," he said.
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Raymond Martinez. ALS. Pmk: 18 Jul 2016. Died of “natural causes” on DR on 9 August 2017. UNOPENED. Contents unknown. PRISTINE.
Classification: Spree killer
Characteristics: Robberies - Arguments
Number of victims: 5
Date of murders: July 11-15, 1983
Date of birth: July 2, 1946
Date of death: August 9, 2017
Victims profile: Moses Mendez (bar customer) / Herman Chavis (bar owner) / His sister Julia Martinez and her boyfriend Guillermo “Willie” Chavez Martinez / Tracey Pelkey (prostitute)
Method of murder: Shooting
Location: Harris County, Texas, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on July 18, 1984. His conviction was reversed. Resentenced to death on October 12, 19891
The Murders
Convicted in the July 1983 robbery and shooting death of 40-year-old Herman Chavis, owner of the Long Branch Saloon at 104 Tidwell in Houston. Chavis was shot four times after Martinez and accomplices Antonio Riojas and James Kirkland robbed the bar and its customers. Martinez and Riojas fled to Fort Worth, where Martinez shot and killed his sister, Julia Gonzales. and her boyfriend, Gulermo.Chavez. On July 21, Martinez, staying at the Big State Motel in Houston, killed prostitute Tracey Pelkey because he didn't like her attitude. On the two days immediately preceding the Long Branch Saloon robbery and killing, Martinez and his accomplices robbed two other lounges. During the July 11, 1983 robbery of Don Ramon's Lounge, customer Moses Mendez was killed. Sentenced to death on July 18, 1984. His conviction was reversed. Re-sentenced to death on October 12, 1989.
VIDEO: INSIDE TEXAS DEATH ROW, POLUNSKY | https://youtu.be/XY6V2LGBvwk
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1 Blanco, J. (2023) Raymond Deleon Martinez | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers, Murderpedia.org. Available at: https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/martinez-raymond-deleon.htm
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