Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 6, 2006 13:03:49 GMT -5
Let killers rot! ---- Angry widow fumes
The anguished widow of a hardworking Staten Island cook savagely slain for
a mere $60 said yesterday she wants her husband's killers to rot in jail
"for the rest of their lives so they suffer."
"I want them to suffer so they will know every day how I feel," said
Fabiola Salinas, 22, whose husband, Ricardo, 33, a Mexican immigrant, was
beaten to death by three punks Saturday night while out to buy his wife a
phone card.
The young widow with soft features and gentle eyes balled her fists and
clenched her jaw as she said, "I am really angry and I want to hurt them.
I want them to pay, but I don't want them to die."
She explained she was against the death penalty for religious reasons.
Police said 3 teenagers jumped Salinas on Van Pelt Ave. in normally
peaceful Mariners Harbor at 9 p.m.
As he fought for his life, Salinas somehow managed to call his wife, who
heard his desperate cries for help.
John Messiha, 17, and Daniel Betancourt and Travis King, both 19, were
arrested in the slaying. They were to be arraigned today.
Fabiola Salinas said through an interpreter, "I feel horrible; I don't
even have the strength to cry."
Nearby, her 2 children, Emily, 3, and Eric, 1, played on the living room
floor, unaware that their dad was gone.
"If I could talk to these boys I would ask them, 'Why did you do this to
him? Why didn't you just take his money? Why did you have to kill him?'"
She said she probably wouldn't accompany her husband's body back to Mexico
for burial, fearing visa restrictions might prevent her from returning to
the U.S.
"I have no future in Mexico," she said sadly. "For my kids, I want to stay
in America."
Some of Salinas' co-workers at the IHOP restaurant on Richmond Ave. stood
vigil outside his neatly kept rented home to show support for the family.
Co-workers have raised $2,000 for their friend's wife and kids, and their
boss has promised to match that sum.
Meanwhile, King's mother was struggling to come to grips with what
happened.
"This is a devastating moment in my life. My son had a lot of friends, but
he was never in trouble before. I don't understand," she said. "I have to
find a lawyer for him now."
(source: New York Daily News)
The anguished widow of a hardworking Staten Island cook savagely slain for
a mere $60 said yesterday she wants her husband's killers to rot in jail
"for the rest of their lives so they suffer."
"I want them to suffer so they will know every day how I feel," said
Fabiola Salinas, 22, whose husband, Ricardo, 33, a Mexican immigrant, was
beaten to death by three punks Saturday night while out to buy his wife a
phone card.
The young widow with soft features and gentle eyes balled her fists and
clenched her jaw as she said, "I am really angry and I want to hurt them.
I want them to pay, but I don't want them to die."
She explained she was against the death penalty for religious reasons.
Police said 3 teenagers jumped Salinas on Van Pelt Ave. in normally
peaceful Mariners Harbor at 9 p.m.
As he fought for his life, Salinas somehow managed to call his wife, who
heard his desperate cries for help.
John Messiha, 17, and Daniel Betancourt and Travis King, both 19, were
arrested in the slaying. They were to be arraigned today.
Fabiola Salinas said through an interpreter, "I feel horrible; I don't
even have the strength to cry."
Nearby, her 2 children, Emily, 3, and Eric, 1, played on the living room
floor, unaware that their dad was gone.
"If I could talk to these boys I would ask them, 'Why did you do this to
him? Why didn't you just take his money? Why did you have to kill him?'"
She said she probably wouldn't accompany her husband's body back to Mexico
for burial, fearing visa restrictions might prevent her from returning to
the U.S.
"I have no future in Mexico," she said sadly. "For my kids, I want to stay
in America."
Some of Salinas' co-workers at the IHOP restaurant on Richmond Ave. stood
vigil outside his neatly kept rented home to show support for the family.
Co-workers have raised $2,000 for their friend's wife and kids, and their
boss has promised to match that sum.
Meanwhile, King's mother was struggling to come to grips with what
happened.
"This is a devastating moment in my life. My son had a lot of friends, but
he was never in trouble before. I don't understand," she said. "I have to
find a lawyer for him now."
(source: New York Daily News)