Jose Martinez

Jose Martinez
Name	Jose Bernardo Martinez
Sex	Male
Age	5
Missing from	Houston, Texas
Discovered	March 13, 2003
Location	Houston, Texas
Identified	April 2008
Span	5 Years
Cause of death	Starvation (Homicide)

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Jose Bernardo Martinez, previously known as Beloved Doe or Amado Angelito, was a blind boy who was starved to death by his mother in 2003. He was not identified until 2008 when his estranged father saw his case on television and recognized the composite sketch as his son.

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Sources

• Jose Martinez at the Doe Network (archived)
• Jose Martinez at the Texas Department of Public Safety (archived)
• Houston Chronicle
• Unsolved Crimes.net (archived)
• ChildWatch (archived) ^{GRAPHIC POSTMORTEM WARNING}