Tommy Jesse Martinez, Jr.
Facts of the Crime:
Sentenced to death in Santa Barbara County on September 15, 1998 for the rape and murder of Sophia Castro Torres on November 15, 1996 in Oakley Park.
Martinez was 19 years old on Nov. 15, 1996, when he raped, robbed and murdered Sophia Castro Torres, 35, at a baseball field at Oakley Park in Santa Maria.
In addition to the murder of Torres, Martinez was convicted in attacks on three other women.
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