Makes me fucking sick.

It's a shame they can't be killed a few hundred times.

By TAMMY J. McCOY
The Press-Enterprise

Two Camp Pendleton-based Marines talked about whether they should kill a fellow Marine and his wife before fatally shooting them inside their Winchester home, court records released Wednesday said.

Four Marines are charged with murder in connection with the deaths of Sgt. Jan Pietrzak and wife Quiana Jenkins-Pietrzak.

The documents filed in support of arrest warrants for the four men were released as charges were filed that make all four eligible for the death penalty.
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Defendants, from left, Kevin Darnell Cox, Emrys Justin John, Tyrone Miller and Kesaun K. Sykes.

The men, who range in age from 18 to 21, were charged with two counts of murder, commission of a murder during a robbery and committing multiple murders for the Oct. 15 slayings of Pietrzak, 24, and his 26-year-old wife, according to court records.

Both were shot in the head, their bodies bound and gagged inside their Bermuda Street home. Riverside County sheriff's deputies were called to check the house by his employers after he failed to show up for work at Camp Pendleton, according to a sheriff's news release.

Based on the Riverside County district attorney's policy, the decision to pursue or forgo the death penalty could be made in about 90 days.

Court records cite Lance Cpl. Tyrone Miller, 20, as telling investigators that the four arrived at the Pietrzak home and he pointed a shotgun at the sergeant, then went inside.

Miller and Lance Cpl. Emrys Justin John, 18, worked in Sgt. Pietrzak's unit, court records state. The other two defendants Pvt. Kevin Darnell Cox, 20, and Lance Cpl. Kesaun K. Sykes, 21, were also there, according to court records.

John and Miller later discussed whether or not to kill the couple, according to documents filed in support of an arrest warrant. Miller told authorities that John did the shooting, the records stated.

In his interview, John said he and Miller were both armed. He then ended the interview, the records state. John is the only defendant charged with using a gun.

In addition to the defendants' statements, investigators also found several pieces of physical evidence linking the men to the Pietrzak home.

Shoe prints from the crime scene matched impressions from shoes found in Cox and John's barracks, according to court records. Property belonging to the Pietrzaks was found in Sykes' home and he admitted taking things from the Bermuda Street house, the records said.

The men were also charged with a criminal enhancement of sexually assaulting Jenkins-Pietrzak.

Sykes is scheduled to be arraigned today at the Southwest Justice Center in French Valley. He is being held at the Southwest Detention Center and is ineligible for bail.

The other three defendants being held at Camp Pendleton have been turned over to the custody of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

The shitbags.



Here's to hoping they hang at Leavenworth.

There are shitty low life criminals from all races & cultures.  Surprisingly almost every non-WASP engineer I've worked with was an upstanding person - maybe it's because of the 'filtering' process in college level technical education......

Serious question - how strenuous is the military background check for recruits?  Is it comparable to LE background checks (for the majority of depts - obviously, there have been people that should have never made it past a BI).

Brian

Not much of a background check beyond basic criminal stuff and no psych panel/questions/anything for general recruits.

PBIR,

Do you think these oxygen thieves have any pride in the EGA?  I don't think they would understand the loss even if the Corps still did the walk of shame.

RIP to the Sergeant and his lady.


ETA: for fitting punishment, see page 37 of William Deitz's novel "Legion of the Damned"

That sucks man.

I think the Corps failed with the discharge and handing them over to the California court system.

   I second that.  My mom use to be DIS (Defense Investigative Service).

   It's a damn shame those scumbags disgraced and dishonored the Marine Corp .  Maybe Mac of Future Weapons can use them for cannon fodder.

Maybe it's time to start more in-depth BI's on recruits - 'we' are providing training that might not be put to 'good' use by certain folks.....

Brian

As far as the background investigation goes, I for one had to get a secret clearance in order to work on aircraft, so my background investigation was a little more indepth than just your average Marine. Every Marine in aviation has to get that background check. 3 of the 4 worked in aviation. One of them was in Avionics so his background was screened even more. I think the underlying issue is the pack mentality. You get the wrong crowd together and you are going to get bad situations such as this.

I have to say the Marines are making a HUGE mistake.

This is a DISIPLINE problem, and should be handled in house.

These SHITBIRDS need to be Court Martialed, and then HUNG/SHOT/Lethal Injected.

You have subordinates who have KILLED their immediate Supervisor.

They need to be made an example of.

Not shuffled off to the local authorities...

Tried, convicted, shot...1 month...

What a waste of tax payer money...

Agreed.  These were Marines who killed a Sergeant of Marines and his wife.  Their actions fall well within the UCMJ, and they should have UCMJ paper put on them, followed by a military execution at FT LVN.

The problem with that is the crime was committed out in town. The Marine Corps does not have any jurisdiction out there. All we can do is assist. If the crime had been committed on base then it is a different story. The complete investigation was done by Riverside County Sherriff. All NCIS did was assist.

Because scum, assholes, and worthless shit comes in every flavor.

Probably decided she was a "race traitor" for marrying a white man. Also probably "showed her what a real man is like" before killing her. Probably made the husband watch before they killed him too.

Apparently now there is a connection with Miller being involved with the CRIPS.

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Execute them all. We don't need that scum inside out Armed Forces. They are a disgrace to the Corps.

I'm curious –– isn't it true (I've heard it said here anyway) that once a Marine always a Marine?

When you do stuff like this, The Corps Disowns you. They are an empty uniform and do not deserve to ever be called Marines. Fucking Pieces of Shit.

If their strength of character is so lacking that they could commit such an act, they were never Marines.

Oh, that pesky CoC and how it stops me from saying things.

this ? is the answer

how stupid does 1 have to be in today's society to actually think you can get away with a crime like that?

I dropped a line to my brother, he is a USMC Sgt at Pennalton, and is a Cobra/Huey mechanic... I'll see what he has to input

Article 2 of the UCMJ defines who is subject to it which includes essentially all personnel on active duty orders.

Article 5 outlines its' territorial limitations, the UCMJ knows no boundaries.

The UCMJ applies to ALL active .mil (including NG and reserve on orders) Anywhere they might be.

There is a common misconception that military personnel cannot be tried by civilian courts and military, as some think that constitutes double jeopardy.

MYTH BUSTED!  Military personnel are subject to BOTH the laws of the UCMJ AND any applicable civilian laws.

The .gov retains the right to prosecute under the UCMJ IN ADDITION TO civilian authorities.

Bro, These were my Marines. That is why I am trying to keep everyone posted on what is happening.

You are correct, But the initial investigation was done soley by the civilian authorities. Since NCIS was not invited to the party, then all of the evidence, other than the confessions were done by the Civies. They can still be hit on the Marine side of the house, but the Corps would rather just kick them out as soon as possible.

Doh that's what I get for not reading the entire thread.

Portion I bolded is what I've seen in the AF also, FWIW

What is "in the AF"?

Serious crimes with similar circumstances such as this have been handled in a similar manner in the Air Force

Roger. Thanks for explaining. I am a dumb Jarhead ya know

No problem, thank you for explaining the specifics of the situation and keeping us updated.

As soon as I find out more, I will keep everyone updated.

Still, its a bad precedent, IMHO.  Also, the currently highest ranking inmate at the USDB is an Army LTC who killed his wife, OJ'ed the civilian jury, and then got hit by UCMJ paper, and is now serving life.

There might be some good reason to let the civvies handle it, but the DoD is sure as shit party to the investigation, and should conduct a parallel investigation, in the event any walk due to procedural issues.

Those scum were never Marines. There is no Honor in them. Marines get Honorable discharges, not murder a Marine and his wife.

those worthless piles of shit need to be stuck up in front of camp pendleton on pike poles. left there to rot.

as examples to the rest of the marines.

LTC Jeffrey MacDonald ?
SF Doctor convicted of murdering wife and children, and blaming it on "hippies"?

Very Sam Shepard/"The Fugitive" kind of story.

How come this "pack mentality" seems to be more prevelant among certain "people"

I really doubt that THAT prospect (Getting caught PDQ) ever seriously crossed the minds of the shitbags that did this.

Fuckin' idiots sat around feeding off of each other for awhile (I'm bettin') about how much they hated the SGT (For any number of "real" and immagined reasons) and "BINGO", one day one of them pulled an "idea" out of his ass.

Godspeed to the young couple who had this idiocy directed at them.

The shitstains who did this should be shot if convicted.

Not if you get a dishonorable discharge or a big chicken dinner. Regardless of how they might see themselves, a double D means the brotherhood drops you.

When things happen off post, the jurisdiction it happened in has first crack at them. It's not a given that the .mil will prosecute their own.

Nope, different guy.  Pitched his wife off a balcony at the Embassy Suites near the Kansas City Airport.

After his acquittal, he got hit by a UCMJ case and ended up back at FT LVN.  I think he was a CGSC student, I believe.

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The perps are not human...and they should die like the animals they are.

I hope he answers her letter.

I would like to read what he says.

God bless the Marine and his wife and family.  My condolences to his friends in the unit.

that said,...

Of course this is 85% racial hate crime, 10% disrespecet of the authority of those appointed over them, and maybe 5% about some money.

I'm not likely to believe much else.

In boot camp they talked about light green Marines and dark green Marines being the same.  That is idealistic to be sure.  I wasn't even out of boot camp and I had a dark green E-7 openly hostile to me while on a stupid detail to clean some range buildings at Parris Island.  Why did he harrass me?, because I was white and the two guys I was put in charge of on the detail were black.  He said so point blank and called me a spoiled white kid with rich parents.  (Far from the truth).  Heck when the Reverand Wright thing surfaced I almost thought it was him but Wright was likely out of the Marines before 1987 when this incident occurred.  My senior DI was pissed and said he'd handle it but I never heard anything on it again.

Racism is alive and well in this country unfortunately.  Obama isn't going to change that I'm sure.

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When I went in in Oct of 83 and got out in July of 98 the entire span was pock marked with shit like this. J'ville was a cesspool and Court Street was basically an open brawl every weekend.  

Q'town and the tirangle area of Virginia outside Quantico had constant Marine on Marine or Marine Vs civilian violence. Often murders.

This is not anything new.

The military is a mirror of our society and we get our military from society.

In all services, in all units there is a 5-10% shitbag group. They do stick out like a sore thumb as you said.

All that said our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines are our best and brightest and this kinda of shit is a drop in the bucket compared to the acts of charity and leadership our folks provide to our country.


I hate that these stories get more coverage than the acts of courage, commitment and integrity that mark our troops. God Bless all of them. We are fortunate to have them.