Victim's Mother to Speak at San Francisco Vigil
"Pauline Mitchell, mother of slain Navajo gay Two-Spirit youth Fred C. Martinez, Jr., will take part in a candlelight vigil and march in her son's memory on Saturday, August 25, 2001 at 7:30 p.m in San Francisco."
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HRC Urges FBI to Assit in the Investigation and Prosection of Colorado Hate Crime
"We hope the FBI can step up and do everything in its power to ensure that the Martinez case is handled appropriately and that it is successfully prosecuted."
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Media Statement by Pauline Mitchell, Mother of Fred Martinez, Jr.
"I am his mother and now I want to make sure the truth is told about Fred by people who loved him. With more and more talk about his death, the police looking into his murder, and the details of my son's personal life in the media, it is time to speak the truth about Fred's life."
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Cortez Journal Article
Detectives are questioning three suspects in the slaying of a
Navajo boy from Cortez and are looking at his homosexuality as a
possible motive for the crime, Montezuma County Sheriff Joey Chavez
said Wednesday.
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HRC Joins Colorado Community in Mourning Death of Fred Martinez
The Human Rights Campaign today expressed condolences for the family and friends of openly gay high school student Fred Martinez Jr., 16, whose bludgeoned body was found in a canyon near Cortez, Colo., a town in the southwest corner of the state.
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