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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Sickening family secrets that led to baby being found in Walmart bathroom
Disturbing news details have emerged in the case of a Texas man arrested after his teenage daughter gave birth in a Walmart bathroom. Kingsville Police responded to the store just before 10.30pm on July 14, after receiving a call that a maintenance worker discovered a newborn child in a bathroom trash can while taking out the garbage, KRIS 6 reported. In the aftermath, officers reviewed the store's security camera footage and discovered that a 17-year-old girl had entered the bathroom, where she remained for about 40 minutes, before leaving the store and getting into a car in the parking lot. Police were ultimately able to track down the teenager's car and performed a traffic stop, before taking the girl to the hospital for treatment. The teen's father, Jerry Lee Martinez, 45, was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child after she told investigators he was the father of her baby. She told police that Martinez had begun 'touching her inappropriately' when she was 15 years old and forced her to have sex with him several times over the last two years, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by KIII. The girl said Martinez was the father of the child and when he found out that she was pregnant, he hit her in the stomach on several occasions. She told investigators that he took her to Mexico earlier in the day to have an abortion before she delivered the stillborn in Walmart. Walmart employees tried to perform life saving measures on the infant and authorities rushed the child to the hospital right next door, where doctors pronounced her dead. Police were ultimately able to track down the teenager's car and performed a traffic stop, before taking the girl to the hospital for treatment. The teen girl is not in police custody and was taken to a 'secure location' while her father was arrested. Martinez is also facing charges of abandoning or endangering a child with criminal negligence, tampering with a witness and tampering with physical evidence 'The avenue taken last night wasn't the correct one, wasn't a safe one for the mother or the child,' Celinda Tatum, a Kingsville Police Department accident investigator told KRIS 6. 'We do advise that anytime an incident does occur at any moment, contact police or emergency personnel so that the baby and the mother can get seen medically.' Martinez is being held at the Kleberg County Jail on $600,000 bond, and prosecutors warned at his court appearance on Thursday that he could face additional charges.
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The Independent
6 days ago
- The Independent
Father of 17-year-old girl arrested after her newborn is found dead inside Walmart trash can
The father of a 17-year-old girl was arrested Monday after an infant was found in a restroom trash can at a Walmart. Jerry Lee Martinez, 45, was arrested and charged with abandoning/endangering a child with criminal negligence after his daughter allegedly left a newborn in the restroom at the Walmart in in Kingsville, Texas, shortly before 10:30 p.m. Employees found the newborn girl and called 911. They tried to give her CPR before emergency crews arrived, but the infant was pronounced dead at Christus Spohn Hospital–Kleberg. Surveillance footage, reviewed by police, showed the teenager entering the store and staying in the restroom for about 40 minutes. The baby was found 30 minutes after she left. A Kleberg County Sheriff's Deputy found the teen in her car in the store's parking lot later that night, and she was taken to hospital for medical treatment. Martinez was arrested at the scene and is being held at the Kleberg County Jail. The teenager remained hospitalized Tuesday, KRIS 6 News reported. Police plan to interview her upon her release.
Daily Mail
7 days ago
- Daily Mail
Girl, 17, gives birth in Walmart bathroom before her father does the unthinkable
A Texas man has been arrested after his teenage daughter gave birth in a Walmart bathroom. Officers in Kingsville have said they were called to the store just before 10.30pm on Monday, after receiving a call that a maintenance worker discovered a newborn child in a bathroom trash can while taking out the garbage, KRIS 6 reports. Walmart employees tried to perform life saving measures on the infant and authorities rushed the child to the hospital right next door, where doctors pronounced her dead. In the aftermath, officers reviewed the store's security camera footage and discovered that a 17-year-old girl had entered the bathroom, where she remained for about 40 minutes, before leaving the store and getting into a car in the parking lot. It took another half hour for the maintenance worker to discover the newborn. Police were ultimately able to track down the teenager's car and performed a traffic stop, before taking the girl to the hospital for treatment. They now plan to question her about the abandonment after she is released. But in the meantime, authorities have arrested her father, 45-year-old Jerry Lee Martinez, who is now facing charges of abandoning or endangering a child with criminal negligence. He is also charged with tampering with a witness and tampering with physical evidence, according to PEOPLE. Martinez was arrested at the scene after the infant was discarded in the bathroom. His exact role in 'tampering with the evidence' remains unclear. has reached out to the Kingsville Police Department for more details. The father was being held at the Kleberg County Jail without bond, Law & Crime reports. 'The avenue taken last night wasn't the correct one, wasn't a safe one for the mother or the child,' Celinda Tatum, a Kingsville Police Department accident investigator told KRIS 6.
