Former Step-Father Found Guilty of Murder After Making 11-Year-Old Girl’s Death Look Like Suicide
Miguel Ruiz Lobo was convicted on first-degree murder and burglary charges Friday in the death of Martha Guzman.
The jury rendered the verdict after around eight hours of deliberations that began Thursday. Ruiz Lobo now faces the death penalty at sentencing.
Ruiz Lobo killed 11-year-old Guzman on June 22, 2014. Family members found the child dead inside their Little Havana apartment.
At one point, Ruiz Lobo told police Guzman was suicidal. However, during the trial experts testified about how the injuries were not self-inflicted.
On Friday, Guzman’s mother, father, and sisters sat in the courtroom to hear the verdict just a few feet away from the killer.
Tears came down Stefanie Rivera’s face when her former step-father was found guilty on the highest charge for killing her younger sibling.
For the past eight days of trial, the jury heard from family members, police officers, forensic analysts, and neighbors.
Miami-Dade Chief Medical Examiner explained to the jury Guzman’s throat was stabbed multiple times, knife scrapes were found around her four-foot body, and her wrist was cut deep into the bone.
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