NORTH TEXAS – A Kaufman County man accused of shooting and killing his neighbor is back in jail after posting bond.
Aaron Martinez was a devoted husband, loving father, cherished son and beloved brother at the time of his death.
“He was born in Mexico, came here as a younger kid, and wanted to live the American dream like so many others, and he did,” Martinez’s sister, Elisandra Martinez, said.
She said he put everything he had into running a horse breeding and training ranch in Forney and had just become a U.S. citizen.
“You know he had his family,” Elisandra said. “He was doing just right. He had his business, and it’s just not fair that his life was taken away the way it was.”
In May of last year, the 35-year-old was found shot to death inside his truck parked near his Forney home.
His father described a gruesome scene.
“They counted 47 shots in the truck,” Salvador Martinez said. “I saw the face, this part, there’s nothing… and this part over here there’s nothing.”