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Ernesto Salgado Martinez
American convicted murderer (born 1975)
Ernesto Salgado Martinez
Ernesto Salgado Martinez III (born November 17, 1975) is an American convicted murderer and death row inmate incarcerated in Arizona. A resident of California, he murdered State Trooper Robert "Bob" Martin during a traffic stop on August 15, 1995, in Maricopa County, Arizona. After murdering Martin, Martinez fled to California and committed a second murder while on the run, killing cashier Randip Singh during a robbery at a local minimart in Blythe, California. The following day, Martinez was arrested in Indio, California, and charged in both Arizona and California. He was convicted of the murder of Martin in 1998 and sentenced to death in Arizona; in 2018, he was convicted of the murder of Singh and sentenced to life without parole in California. As of 2026, Martinez remains on death row awaiting execution.
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