Posted on Nov 10, 2014
Another death penalty in newlywed Marine couple murders
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From: Marine Corps Times
A man who joined three accomplices in tormenting and killing a Marine sergeant and his wife during a home invasion robbery near Murrieta, California, was sentenced Friday to death.
Kesaun Kedron Sykes, 27, was convicted in August of the 2008 slayings of 26-year-olde Quiana Faye Jenkins-Pietrzak and her husband, 24-year-old Janek Pietrzak.
The six-man, six-woman jury that found Sykes guilty recommended the death penalty, and Riverside County Superior Court Judge Christian Thierbach followed that recommendation.
The defendant is the last of four former Marines to be sentenced for the Oct. 15, 2008, killings.
Last year, three members of Janek Pietrzak's helicopter maintenance squadron at Camp Pendleton — Kevin Darnell Cox and Tyrone Lloyd Miller, both 27, along with 25-year-old Emrys Justin John —were convicted.
Cox and Miller were sentenced to death, while John received two consecutive life prison terms.
"Mr. Sykes and the other defendants crossed every line of human decency when they committed these murders," said Deputy District Attorney Dan DeLimon. "We're talking about a pack of predators who actually took pleasure in inflicting pain and suffering. They're more monster than human."
Sykes, Miller, Cox and John forced their way into the Pietrzaks' French Valley home at 3139 Bermuda Ave. after Cox knocked on the door around 1 a.m. asking if he could speak to the sergeant.
After tying up and gagging the victims, the defendants ransacked the home for 90 minutes.
Quiana Pietrzak was separated from her husband and placed on a table by Sykes, who stripped her and joined Miller and Cox in sexually violating her with a vibrator. According to the defendants' own testimony, they mocked the blindfolded woman, making lewd gestures and suggesting that her cooperation might save her life.
The foursome had carried out a similar home-invasion in Oceanside less than a month earlier, though no one was killed. They confessed that they were mainly interested in the "stuff" they might be able steal from the Pietrzaks, who had received numerous gifts at their Aug. 8 wedding.
John shot the couple with a 9mm handgun.
The defendants painted racial epithets on the home's interior walls — and on the victims' bodies — to make it appear as though a hate-crime had occurred. Pietrzak was of Polish descent; Quiana was black.
Sykes' attorney, Doug Myers, argued that his client suffered from an under-developed brain.
Pietrzak's mother, Henryka Varga, and Quiana's mother, Glenda Faye Jenkins, waged a campaign in 2009 seeking legislation to require the Marine Corps to raise its recruiting standards and strengthen vetting procedures to prevent men such as the defendants from joining. The effort did not bear fruit.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/crime/2014/11/10/murder-death-penalty/18790785/
A man who joined three accomplices in tormenting and killing a Marine sergeant and his wife during a home invasion robbery near Murrieta, California, was sentenced Friday to death.
Kesaun Kedron Sykes, 27, was convicted in August of the 2008 slayings of 26-year-olde Quiana Faye Jenkins-Pietrzak and her husband, 24-year-old Janek Pietrzak.
The six-man, six-woman jury that found Sykes guilty recommended the death penalty, and Riverside County Superior Court Judge Christian Thierbach followed that recommendation.
The defendant is the last of four former Marines to be sentenced for the Oct. 15, 2008, killings.
Last year, three members of Janek Pietrzak's helicopter maintenance squadron at Camp Pendleton — Kevin Darnell Cox and Tyrone Lloyd Miller, both 27, along with 25-year-old Emrys Justin John —were convicted.
Cox and Miller were sentenced to death, while John received two consecutive life prison terms.
"Mr. Sykes and the other defendants crossed every line of human decency when they committed these murders," said Deputy District Attorney Dan DeLimon. "We're talking about a pack of predators who actually took pleasure in inflicting pain and suffering. They're more monster than human."
Sykes, Miller, Cox and John forced their way into the Pietrzaks' French Valley home at 3139 Bermuda Ave. after Cox knocked on the door around 1 a.m. asking if he could speak to the sergeant.
After tying up and gagging the victims, the defendants ransacked the home for 90 minutes.
Quiana Pietrzak was separated from her husband and placed on a table by Sykes, who stripped her and joined Miller and Cox in sexually violating her with a vibrator. According to the defendants' own testimony, they mocked the blindfolded woman, making lewd gestures and suggesting that her cooperation might save her life.
The foursome had carried out a similar home-invasion in Oceanside less than a month earlier, though no one was killed. They confessed that they were mainly interested in the "stuff" they might be able steal from the Pietrzaks, who had received numerous gifts at their Aug. 8 wedding.
John shot the couple with a 9mm handgun.
The defendants painted racial epithets on the home's interior walls — and on the victims' bodies — to make it appear as though a hate-crime had occurred. Pietrzak was of Polish descent; Quiana was black.
Sykes' attorney, Doug Myers, argued that his client suffered from an under-developed brain.
Pietrzak's mother, Henryka Varga, and Quiana's mother, Glenda Faye Jenkins, waged a campaign in 2009 seeking legislation to require the Marine Corps to raise its recruiting standards and strengthen vetting procedures to prevent men such as the defendants from joining. The effort did not bear fruit.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/crime/2014/11/10/murder-death-penalty/18790785/
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I would be happy to donate a few rounds of whatever caliber the Rifle Squad will be using . . .
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Disgusting. Under-developed brain my butt (sorry no potty mouth words). So sad that they had to be killed over their wedding gifts. I feel that there is a huge underlining story in this.
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Obviously, this story is heartbreaking. I'm angry, sad, and confused all at once. We attend hours of Equal Opportunity training each year, but it's obviously not sinking in for some people. We recite creeds that promote honor, integrity, and selfless-service, but, as it seems, some people can memorize, yet not internalize, the very things that make us who we are as America's military. I feel betrayed by my would-have-been brothers-in-arms. Their actions were totally uncalled for.
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SN Brian Riter
i believe the people who killed the marine couple should be lined up side by side in front of marines with rifles and executed
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SSG Leonard J W.
You have a valid point, CS Riter. That is exactly what would happen in some countries...
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Yeah, these things need to be dragged through a mile of broken glass by their genitals. There is nothing redeeming about these creatures. Their families should be made to pay for the rest of their lives to the victim's families for allowing such an animal to grow to maturity. I know this sounds terrible, but I sincerely hope that when that injection goes off, they have an allergic reaction to the cocktail, and suffer for hours before dying.
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This is another reason we have the second amendment and our soldiers should be able to carry. Justice after the fact is not acceptable. Defend your family and loved ones and let the cops draw the line around the invaders.
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SPC Roy Stamps
They should all be put to death in this case. it was uncalled for and un-American. even though we know there is prejudice out there. This should have never happened. In fact anyone engaging US Military personnel on American soil should be charged with treason. Because of the Posse comitatus and use not being able to form on US Soil. There should be a law that protects military personnel unless they are at fault.
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Wow. Marines did that to another marine? Freaking disgusting. Can't the Marine Corps Court Martial them and send them to Leavenworth until Their day to die? Because they were Active at the time and fall under UCMJ. Being in military lock up would be worse then being in a cozy cell with 3 hots and a cot.
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In all fairness, while I may not have had an underdeveloped brain when I was a Marine, there were times that I damn sure acted as if I did...
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Under-Developed brain? But he was in the military? How does that defense work....wait, it didn't. I am sure if he had these mental issues when he was in the military, someone would have noticed.
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How do these people get into and stay the Corps in the first place? That gangsta criminal attitude should have been spotted long before then. I fully condone the campaign the relatives are pushing.
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