Biography

Maritza Martin Munoz was born on October 29, 1959 in Havana, Cuba. She was married to Emilio Nunez. She died on January 18, 1993 in North Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

A television crew from the Spanish-language program "That's the Way It Happened" was invited by Emilio Nunez to be interviewed at the grave site of his daughter, Yoandra, who committed suicide on Thanksgiving Day 1992. When Nunez's ex-wife and Yoandra's mother, Maritza Martin, appeared, Nunez went to his car, grabbed a gun, and shot her 12 times at point-blank range. Nunez blamed Martin for Yoandra's death; she wrote in her suicide note that she did not want to live anymore because she was not the daughter her mother wanted her to be. Nunez was convicted of first-degree murder in 2000 and sentenced to life in prison.

Had two children: a daughter Yolanda Nuñez (b.1977-d.November 26, 1992, committed suicide aged 15 at 13 weeks of pregnancy) and a son (b.1991).