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Judge says he was not convinced that Everal Martinez murdered 17-month-old Alyssa Nunez, Martinez acquitted

Posted: Wednesday, May 3, 2023. 1:15 pm CST.

By Breaking Belize News Staff: The death of 17-month-old Alyssa Nunez in March 2018 sparked national outrage, as evidence surfaced that her body showed evidence of physical and sexual abuse. This week, there is even more outrage as the man accused for the crime, Everald Martinez, was acquitted in the High Court of Belize.

Martinez appeared in court on Tuesday, represented by attorney Oscar Selgado, for the verdict which was handed down by Justice Ricardo O’Neil Sandcroft.

In over 60 pages of written judgment, Justice Sandcroft detailed how he ultimately arrived at the conclusion that the prosecution did not prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Martinez was ultimately responsible for the child’s death and that he meant to cause it. Justice Sandcroft did acknowledge the testimony of the two expert witnesses Dr. Cecilio Eck, the pediatrician who first saw baby Nunez, followed by Doctor Mario Estradabran who saw the child post-mortem.

These witnesses testified that the child had tearing consistent with sexual abuse, a blood clot under the child’s brain and that her death was certified as Cardiac Thrumbomism pulmonary due to head trauma as a consequence of a blunt object.

Justice Sandcroft acknowledged the prosecution’s motion that Nunez was left in Mrtinez’s care when she sustained the injuries; however, he noted that she was also placed into the care of others before she was treated at the hospital.

After the full explanation, Martinez was acquitted and left the courthouse free.

 

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