Woman predicted her death on Facebook page
Relationship’s turn detailed in posts
A series of chilling Facebook posts document the tumultuous relationship Stella Martinez had with her ex-boyfriend before he was accused of killing her.
In several posts, Martinez predicted her own death and recounted her failed efforts to get help from police.
“I’ll be dead before (they) do anything,” she wrote in a Facebook comment in January.
The prediction proved true. Martinez, 39, died June 23 from brain injuries she received during afightwithamanjune3.
Las Vegas police have said a patrol officer saw her ex-boyfriend, Christopher Wood, choking her and pulling out her hair.
Afterward, she had no pulse. Wood, 41, faces a murder charge.
Loved ones remember Martinez as generous and kind. After struggling with addiction, she became active in Narcotics Anonymous, helping with seminars and chal
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right-turn-only lanes at a few of the intersections to improve traffic slows during school hours.
Uncoordinated signals are problem
Every day, Bernie said his drive onbluediamondroadisa“pain in the neck” because the street’s signal at Valley View Boulevard is not synched with the nearby signal at Dean Martin Drive in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.
“When the light turns green for
the light at Valley View, it turns red at Dean Martin, creating gridlock at both intersections because there is no continuity on the road,” Bernie said.
Officials with the Nevada Departmentoftransportationandthe Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada said they will take a look at the signal timing for these intersections.
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