thedrifter
08-13-09, 06:12 AM
Charges stand for 4 accused of Marine murder <br />
The Associated Press <br />
Posted : Wednesday Aug 12, 2009 21:54:04 EDT <br />
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MURRIETA, Calif. — A judge has affirmed murder charges against four Marines accused...
thedrifter
08-13-09, 08:03 AM
Graphic testimony at marine slay trial sends mother of victim running from courtroom
BY Nancy Dillon In Murrieta, Calif. AND Dave Goldiner In New York
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Wednesday, August 12th 2009, 5:18 PM
A gang of marines sexually assaulted the wife of a Brooklyn-raised Marine in front of him before killing both of them - revelations that sent the slain woman's mom fleeing from a courtroom Wednesday.
The four men used a sex toy to attack Quiana Pietrzak on a table as her bound-and-gagged husband, Sgt. Jan Pawel Pietrzak, watched helplessly in their California home, cops testified.
The attackers - who thought Jan Pawel Pietrak had a hidden stash of cash - also planned to force the newlywed to dance naked in hopes of getting her husband to "break," police said.
Tyrone Miller, 20, and Kesuan (Psycho) Sykes, 21, later allegedly joked about attacking Quiana Pietrzak and sodomizing her with the toy.
"(They) were joking around, laughing, making buzzing sounds," Kevin Cox, 20, told cops, Det. Gary LeClair of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.
The graphic testimony was too much for Quiana Pietrzak's mother, Faye Jenkins, who left the courtroom with tears in her eyes.
The men are accused along with Emrys John, 18, of the Oct. 15 murders of the Pietrzaks, who had married just two months earlier.
Police are testifying at a pretrial hearing for the men, who worked under the command of Jan Pawel Pietrzak at the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego.
The gun-toting men burst into the couple's home in Winchester, Calif., and tied up Jan Pawel Pietrzak, who was raised in Bensonhurst and joined the Marines after the Sept. 11 attacks.
The suspects believed the couple had a large amount of cash in the house, although it's not clear why.
Miller and Sykes used a knife to cut the straps off Quiana Pietrzak's nightgown and planned to force her to dance in front of her husband to force him to divulge the location of the cash.
They instead decided to force the hog-tied husband to watch as they attacked her with the toy on a living room table.
"Sgt. [Pietrzak] had duct tape over his mouth, and he was making growling sounds," LeClair said.
The sadistic fiends discussed burning the couple alive, but couldn't start the fire. So they shot them both in the head.
The four even grabbed milk and juice from the refrigerator as the slain couple lay dead.
Cops later found stolen items in the accused Marines' rooms at a military base.
Racial epithets were found spray-painted in the bedroom, a reference to the fact that Jan Pawel Pietrzak was white and Quiana Pietrzak was black.
Cops believe robbery was the primary motive.
Ellie