Let us not forget Victoria Martens, every year on August
23 and August 24. We made her one of The 82 murdered children of Unit 1012 and Janusz Korczak’s 190+ children where we will not
forget her. Let us remember how she lived on this earth.
Victoria
Martens
10 years old
August 23,
2006 - August 24, 2016
Victoria was
a sweet girl who loved the color purple, and enjoyed gymnastics, swimming, and
going to church. She and her 8-year-old brother lived in Albuquerque, New
Mexico with their mother, Michelle Martens.
Victoria had
just celebrated her 10th birthday the day before she passed away. Her
grandparents spoke to her on the phone the evening of her birthday, and she
told them about her party and the cupcakes that she got to eat. Nothing seemed
out of the ordinary.
The next
morning, police were called to the apartment complex where Victoria lived. The
caller reported that there was a "disturbance". Police arrived at the
apartment to find Victoria's mother, Michelle Martens; Michelle's boyfriend,
Fabian Gonzales; and Gonzales's cousin, Jessica Kelley. Kelley attempted to
flee the apartment by jumping off of the balcony, but one of the officers
caught her. Another officer went inside the apartment and found that it was
filled with smoke. He then discovered Victoria's body in a bathtub. Her body
was wrapped in a burning blanket. Her arms were both missing, and one of her
legs was almost completely cut off. It was very clear that Victoria's death had
been a result of homicide. Victoria's mother, Michelle, confessed that she and
the other two adults (her boyfriend and the boyfriend's cousin) injected
Victoria with methamphetamine in order to "calm her down" so that
they could "do what they wanted with her." She then said that her
boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, raped her daughter and choked her to death, and then
Kelley stabbed and dismembered her. Both Gonzales and Kelley have an extensive
criminal record. Michelle apparently only had a traffic citation, and
Victoria's grandparents said that they are struggling to understand how
Michelle allowed this to happen to her daughter. Soon, it was revealed that not
only had Michelle allowed her boyfriend to rape Victoria that day, but she had
also arranged for men to come to the apartment and sexually assault her
daughter numerous times before. On one occasion, she brought over a man who was
a coworker of hers. She also used a website to find men to invite over.
Michelle even admitted that she had not even been doing this for money, but did
it for her own "sexual gratification"...she ENJOYED watching people sexually
assault her daughter. It is believed that Victoria's brother was often abused
as well, but he had been staying with his father on the day that Victoria was
murdered, and therefore was not harmed and did not witness his sister's murder.
Victoria's
death shocked and outraged the community. People who had known Victoria, her
brother, and her mother could not believe that Michelle would have done this to
her own daughter. They say that Michelle appeared to be a hard-working and
loving mother to her two children, and that the children never spoke of or
showed any signs of being abused. However, one report does say that staff
members at the children's school alerted the Children, Youth and Families
department with concerns about the family on two different occasions. Victoria's
maternal grandparents, who helped take care of the children while Michelle
worked, say that Victoria and her brother appeared to be happy children and
that they never saw any signs of what had been going on. They say that they
will always love their daughter, but that she deserves whatever punishment she
ends up receiving for what she did to their granddaughter.
Michelle is
currently charged with kidnapping and child abuse resulting in death. Gonzales
and Kelley face those same charges, and are also being charged with child rape.
They are scheduled to go on trial in 2018-2019.
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Victoria Martens
(August 23, 2006 to August 24, 2016)
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