Racially Motivated Slaying Of Interracial Couple

Murdered two months after their wedding

We have so many miles to go before we sleep folks.  I stumbled across this article regaring this terrible incident which happened a few months ago. 

 Turns out that the torture-murder of a White Marine sergeant and his African-American wife was the handiwork of four other Marines who were angry over the mixed-race relationship.

Ever since investigators found Sgt. Jan Pietrzak and his wife, Quiana, in their California home bound in red duct tape with gunshot wounds to their heads in October, police have insisted that the couple were slain for their money. But on Friday, a key prosecution witness revealed a stunning bit of information – that racist remarks were spray-painted on the walls of their home, The New York Daily News reports.

“N—– Lover” was written on the wall near the master bedroom and on a bathroom mirror, Riverside County Homicide Investigator Benjamin Ramirez testified at a preliminary hearing, according to the News. But even more shocking, prosecutors say, is the fact that those responsible for the brutal homicide of the 24-year-old Marine and his 26-year-old wife are four Black fellow Marines.

Prosecutors allege that the Marines – Pvt. Emrys John, 18; Lance Cpl. Tyrone Miller, 20; Pvt. Kesuan (Psycho) Sykes, 21 and Pvt. Kevin Cox, 20 – burst into the Pietrzak’s home in Temecula, Calif., with shotguns, and tied up and tortured the couple. They also repeatedly raped Quiana, before John shot them both in the head, prosecutors say.

The hearing at which Ramirez testified was held to determine whether the Marines should stand trial for the murders. They have all pleaded not guilty; but if they should be convicted, they face the death penalty.

The investigator’s testimony was jolting. His description of the grisly crime scene was the stuff of horror films. Ramirez said that when he arrived at the Pietrzaks’ home, Quiana was found leaning against a couch with red duct tape covering her eyes and gunshot wounds to her head and right side. Her husband “was found leaning against his wife, his face, wrists and ankles bound with red duct tape. He had been shot in the right cheek, and there was blood ‘almost covering his entire face,’” the News reports, citing Ramirez.  He also noted that there were two sofa cushions that apparently had been used to muffle the gunshot blasts and “evidence the killers tried to cover their tracks by setting a small fire. They left behind footprints that tied them to the crime,” he said.

I found this article interesting beause we ususally hear black women grumbling and complaining about large amout of black men dating outside the race.  I rarely ever hear a black man complain when a black woman dates outside her race.  So, to me, it was very shocking to see that this crime was committed by four black men. 

How do you feel about it?

Where do we go from here?

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