Biography

Maritza Martin Munoz (October 29, 1959 – January 18, 1993) was a Cuban-American woman who was shot to death by her ex-husband Emilio Nuñez at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery in North Lauderdale, Florida. Nuñez had been interviewed by Ocurrió Así television reporter Ingrid Cruz, who accompanied him when he visited his daughter's grave. Martin and Nuñez's 15-year-old daughter Yoandra had committed suicide two months earlier following their discovery of her being 13 weeks pregnant, and Nuñez had blamed the incident on Martin. Nuñez believed that their daughter had been abused by her stepfather and murdered or driven to suicide by her mother. Investigators rejected both theories: Martin had raised Yoandra; Nuñez was prevented from having contact with her.