(OCALA STAR-BANNER) A man labeled by authorities as a hired assassin, who is wanted locally for two murders, told a Marion County Sheriff’s Office detective he has killed more than 30 people.
The Sheriff’s Office has a warrant for the arrest of Jose Manuel Martinez for two counts of premeditated first-degree murder in the slayings of Javier Huerta, 20, and Gustavo Olivares-Rivas, 28, whose bodies were found Nov. 8, 2006, inside a pickup on State Road 19 near the intersection of East State Road 40.
Detectives believe the murders were contract killings connected to a large amount of cocaine stolen during a home-invasion robbery.
