Martinez, who will turn 51 Thursday, is in jail in Alabama on a murder charge in that state. MCSO Detective T.J. Watts traveled to Alabama to interview Martinez, who told the detective that he has killed more than 30 people, according to an affidavit attached to the arrest warrant.
A man labeled by authorities as a hired assassin, who is wanted locally for two murders, told a Marion County Sheriff’s Office detective he has killed more than 30 people.
The Sheriff’s Office has a warrant for the arrest of Jose Manuel Martinez for two counts of premeditated first-degree murder in the slayings of Javier Huerta, 20, and Gustavo Olivares-Rivas, 28, whose bodies were found Nov. 8, 2006, inside a pickup on State Road 19 near the intersection of East State Road 40.
Detectives believe the murders were contract killings connected to a large amount of cocaine stolen during a home-invasion robbery.
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