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Puerto Rico man gets 105 years in tourist killing

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A Puerto Rico judge sentenced the son of a convicted killer to 105 years in prison Monday for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a pregnant Georgia tourist who made a desperate phone call to her fiance from the trunk of her assailant's car. The judge imposed the sentence on Eliezer Marquez Navedo in a courtroom in Fajardo, the eastern coastal city where he ambushed Sara Kuszak in February while she jogged alone along a remote road. She was about five months pregnant. Marquez pleaded guilty...Read Full Story

Slain tourist's fiance asks max penalty for killer

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The fiance of a pregnant Georgia woman slain in Puerto Rico said he wants "the maximum sentence possible" for the man who pleaded guilty to killing her. Cheshire McIntosh said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press late Tuesday that Sara Kuszak's death had "shattered the lives" of their families. Eliezer Marquez Navedo pleaded guilty Tuesday in a courtroom in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, to first-degree murder, sexual assault and kidnapping. McIntosh and Kuszak, who lived in Savannah, were...Read Full Story

Puerto Rico: Suspect in tourist death gets trial

 From ap.org
Authorities have presented enough evidence to try a man accused of raping and killing a pregnant U.S. tourist, a judge ruled Thursday. Police submitted 58 photographs as evidence against Eliezer Marquez Navedo, who faces murder, kidnapping and sexual battery charges in the Feb. 4 slaying of Sara Kuszak. Marquez cried in court Thursday and wiped his tears with a white handkerchief as the lead investigator described the assault on the victim, according to local media reports. Kuszak was jogging...Read Full Story

PR police suspect US woman's killer in '92 murders

 From ap.org
Puerto Rico police are investigating whether a man accused of murdering a pregnant U.S. tourist this month may have killed two children nearly two decades ago, authorities said Wednesday. Eliezer Marquez Navedo has been charged with slitting the throat of California native Sara Kuszak three weeks ago. Authorities now wonder whether he may have been behind the deaths of the two toddlers, ages 2 and 3, in 1992 — a crime for which his mother was convicted. She was sentenced to 26 years in prison...Read Full Story

Puerto Rico man pleads guilty in tourist killing

 From ap.org
A Puerto Rican man has pleaded guilty to raping and killing a pregnant Georgia tourist whom he kidnapped along a rural island road. Eliezer Marquez Navedo pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder, kidnapping and two sexual assault charges in the Feb. 4 slaying of Sara Kuszak. He faces life in prison at a June 1 sentencing hearing. Kuszak was jogging along a remote road in eastern Puerto Rico when Marquez abducted her, stuffed her in the trunk of a car, raped her and slashed her throat...Read Full Story
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