A coronavirus patient is accused of beating his 82-year-old hospital roommate to death with an oxygen tank in Lancaster, Calif., last week because he was upset with his Catholic prayers, according to authorities.
The victim shared a two-person room at Antelope Valley Hospital with the suspect, 37-year-old Jesse Martinez. They were both undergoing treatment for COVID-19, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The two did not know each other, but the elderly victim’s praying upset Martinez on the morning of Dec. 17, authorities said. The suspect is accused of grabbing an oxygen tank and pummeling the victim.
Hospital workers detained Martinez at the scene until law enforcement arrived, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The 82-year-old was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m. the next day. Authorities did not immediately release his name.
Martinez faces murder charges, with hate crime and elder abuse enhancements, according to investigators.
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6 Responses
How low has Amolek come these days that one can get murdered for praying! Are Yidden still save in western society?
What’s the chiddush?
Is this defined as a Corona death? since if elderly gentlemen hadn’t been there by dint of Corona, he would still be amongst the living.
Jesse Martinez ימח שמו וזכרונו must be infested & re-infested with Corona until he dies for his viscous heinous crime.
Anyone familiar with Lancaster and the Antelope Valley knows two things. One, there isn’t a single antelope. Two, the people living there are not the types you’d want for a next door neighbor.
When society condones murder in all it’s forms like abortion and pulling plugs on people and promoting wicked doctors that call for people dying at 75 (Zeke Emanuel) etc this is what you get. A murderous society. With crazy stories like this
This murderous bastard should join the DemonRat party and run for office, he would fit right in there with the rest of the Marxist left wing religion haters, who have banned prayers in public schools and public places, and atthe same time legalized and condoned the murder of millions of unborn and sometimes born baby’s.