FEMA, I believe, only
kind of this poor because someone else's
child was found dead here, the
teenager was lying face down and bloodied
near some playground equipment when a
group of Rosemont Middle School kids
walked through on their way to school.
A nurse who lives nearby spotted the
body, too.
I was taking my son to school
and he said,
Momma, look out there. And I looked and
it looked like a man out there sleeping,
grabbed my stethoscope and ran out
there.
And the Martinez
family noticed all the commotion and
decided to stop because 16 year old Jose
Martinez hadn't been seen since about
nine thirty Thursday night.
We think that it might be Jose because
of the clothes that he's wearing.
It's identical to what he left the house
with.
Grandparents, cousins, aunts
and his mother showed up to wait
wait for police to clear the crime scene
so someone could view the body and make
the identification.
The victim was 16 year old Jose Martinez,
a former Rosemont middle school student
who look much younger than he was.
And I don't think he had very many
friends. So, I mean, he
didn't have any enemies that we know of.
But police say Martinez had gang
connections.
It could be a revenge
factor. I don't really know what it is,
but a 16 year old, um,
tends to make you want to think it is
gang related.
South Side police officers walk side by
side across Seminary Hill Park in a
systematic search for the weapon,
for blood or clues.
Police were hoping their systematic
search would turn up some evidence that
would lead them to Jose's killer and help
them figure out why the 16 year old was
murdered.
Linda Frederick, Texas News 5.