Murder Victim Originally Thought to Have Died of Natural Causes

SAN PABLO, CA- Lynn Marie Martin, 54, was killed in her San Pablo home on Feb. 23, 2015, however, because authorities did not immediately realize her death was a homicide, it never made headlines, according to the Vallejo Times Herald.

The Times Herald reports that Martin's parents, Shirley, 77, and Troy, 80, of Vallejo, want their daughter to be remembered, but her murder never made headlines because there was a delay in explaining her cause of death.

Police originally believed Martin's death was of natural causes, however, the day her family planned to bury her, investigators told them that autopsy showed asphyxiation and they had to postpone the funeral.

The suspect, Mark Anthony Carr, 27, lived two doors down for Martin, and is believed to have killed a Hercules man in a violent home invasion where he also attempt to kill another woman.

Carr was reportedly sent to a mental health facility, however, the Times Herald reports that officials determined he was faking symptoms in order to be declared mentally unfit for trial. He has been charged with two counts of murder, making him eligible for the death penalty. [NORCIRC]

>>Read more about Lynn Marie Martin in the full Vallejo Times Herald article here.

Read More about East Bay murder suspect, Mark Anthony Carr, here:

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