Episode 103 Lorraine Martinez Salas Chaney
Sixty One-year-old Lorraine Martinez Salas Chaney had not lived in Tucson, AZ long when she was murdered in her home in February 2019.
The California transplant who was often referred to as ‘Nini’, was recently married to her high school sweetheart and was excited for retirement. Most of all, she was excited to be living in Tucson so that she could be closer to her identical twin sister and best friend, Laura. Like many twins, the sisters shared an incredible bond and spent time together almost daily. But on February 26th, 2019, tragedy struck in the blink of an eye.
Lorraine’s husband Robert ran out for about ten minutes to get a pizza and when he returned home, found his wife barely alive in their apartment. She had been violently attacked. Before Robert could come to terms with what he was seeing, Lorraine’s attacker came out of hiding and ran by Robert threatening him. Police and 1st responders raced to the scene but it was too late, Lorraine could not be saved.
Her killer was arrested that night, and it turned out that Lorraine had helped him multiple times by giving him food after learning that he was down on his young. Sadly, her kindness costs Lorraine her life. Her death devastated her family, but perhaps most affected by her death was her twin sister Laura. Someone that she had known and been with before she was even born was now gone. Laura discusses the tragic loss of her twin sister, and the efforts to see justice done.
To learn more about Lorraine’s case or to support her family, visit the Facebook page set up by them