DENVER — A Denver jury convicted a man Friday for killing his ex-girlfriend and then leaving her body along a roadway more than two years ago.
After deliberating for six hours the jury found Emmanuel Chandler guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of Roxann Martinez. Chandler was immediately sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Martinez's body was found on Feb. 25, 2021 lying in a street gutter near 3800 block of South Wabash Street. She had been shot to death. According to prosecutors, Chandler used bleach in attempt to cover up his crime.
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Martinez, 31, was scheduled to testify in the murder trial of Donthe Lucas in Pueblo County. Police said her killing was unrelated to the Kelsie Schelling case and said her death was the result of a domestic violence incident.
Even though Martinez could not testify, Donthe Lucas was ultimately convicted in March 2021 for the murder of Schelling who was pregnant at the time she disappeared in 2013.
Schelling's body has never been found, but she is presumed dead.
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