Life imprisonment to Isabel Martínez, the Mexican who shocked the United States by killing her husband and four of her children

Smiling and relaxed, Isabel Martínez arrived at the Georgia court in July 2017 after confessing that she had murdered her husband and four of his children by stabbing him. His image provoked agitation in the United States and Mexico because of the coldness he showed, despite the fact that several crimes were blamed. Two years after the sad case, a judge decided to sentence the Mexican to life imprisonment.

The Gwinnett County Attorney's Office reported that Michoacán's wife had pleaded guilty to five counts of murder and that she therefore had to spend the rest of her life in jail.

The life of the Hispanic family seemed normal and happy, said their neighbors after the arrest of Isabel Martinez on the morning of July 5, 2017, when she called 911 to confess that "no one is here. she had killed her husband with a kitchen knife Martín Romero, 33, and four of his children: Isabel, 10; Dakota, 7 years old; Dylan, 4 years old and Alex, 2 years old.

Smiling and relaxed, Isabel Martínez arrived in Georgia in July 2017 after confessing to murdering her husband and four stabbed children.

The Loganville police found the bodies of the children and the men in Isabel's house, as well as Diana, 9, who survived the aggression of her mother and was transferred to the Hospital Children & # 39; s Healthcare Atlanta, where she was hospitalized. weeks later, he was entrusted to his paternal uncle, Antonio Romero.

When she recovered, the girl said that her mother had asked for forgiveness before attacking her and that she had said, "You are going to heaven to see Jesus."

The family had left Illinois for Georgia a month before the crime and, according to neighbors, the mother was depressed by the death of her father.

According to some versions, the mother was affected by the impossibility of traveling to Mexico for the funeral of his father, because his situation was illegal in the United States.

This event caused a deep depression at Isabel, who had to receive medical care.

His mother, Maria Elena Martinez, learned about murder through social networks and told Univision that she and two of her daughters are suffering or have suffered mental illnesses: "It's a nervous disease," he repeated.

Isabel Martinez was introduced to the Georgian court with a calm and smiling attitude. She also said, "My lawyers are the people we are fighting for, it is the hope of all people.The hope will always be because it is the last thing that I represent the humble people, the people who work, the people who suffer, the people who occupy many positions to see that everything is possible with the help of God.

Two years later, this woman from Michoacán already knows her punishment for the murder of her husband and four of her children.