Just found out..

[94Mazda626 10+ year member]

We just found out my wife's second cousin's husband was murdered a couple days ago in Honduras.

http://www.globaltvbc.com/health/Can...204/story.html

A Canadian man who was celebrating his anniversary with his wife in Honduras was killed as he tried to save her from muggers, an AIDS non-profit group said Sunday.
Dallas Martens of Martensville, Sask., was out with his wife, Krissy, on Friday when he was shot and killed, according to an update posted on the Morgan Jayne Project website.

The couple had pulled into a road to look at a home, the report said.

As they got out of their car two hooded and armed gunmen ran from the side of the house and grabbed Krissy. Dallas put his body between his wife and the gunman and he was shot three times. He died instantly.

The muggers grabbed Krissy's purse and fled, the report said.

The Martens had sold everything they had and moved to the island of Roatan in Honduras in July. They were set to adopt a baby, whom they had met when volunteering on the island last December.

"Consular officials are aware of a Canadian involved in an incident in Honduras," Foreign Affairs spokesman Alain Cacchione said Sunday in an e-mail.

"The Canadian representative in Honduras has been notified and is looking into the matter. Due to the Privacy Act, I will provide no further information at this time."

Martens had been involved with the Morgan Jayne Project, an organization dedicated to fighting the AIDS epidemic on Roatan island, mainly through reducing the transmission of the virus between mother and child. The group provides counselling, testing and assistance for families living with AIDS. The organization also assists in placing children who cannot be cared for by their mothers into homes of Honduran residents.

Project organizers are raising funds for the capture of the gunman.

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[DUMPED 10+ year member]

sorry to hear...

my condolences

 

[Stalin-ohaulic]

It just serves as a reminder why we all need to be armed in order to defend ourselves.

 

[94Mazda626 10+ year member]

It just serves as a reminder why we all need to be armed in order to defend ourselves.

That would have helped how?

The gunmen walked out from between two houses with a gun pointed at them, if he was packing it wouldn't have changed anything.

 

[oxsign 5,000+ posts]

It just serves as a reminder why we all need to be armed in order to defend ourselves.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif Ya cause he would've had time to pull it out.
Sorry about the loss.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

It just serves as a reminder why we all need to be armed in order to defend ourselves.

or just let them take what they want and not shoot him

 

[CRXBMPN 5,000+ posts]

or dont sell everything in Canada and move to Honduras...

 

[94Mazda626 10+ year member]

or dont sell everything in Canada and move to Honduras...

The reason they sold everything and moved to Honduras was because it would allow them to adopt the little boy they fell in love with. They were staying there until the adoption was complete and then returning home. Not many people could afford to keep what they had here and pay to live in a foreign country for nearly a year.

 

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Wow R.i.p

 

[Stalin-ohaulic]

That would have helped how?

The gunmen walked out from between two houses with a gun pointed at them, if he was packing it wouldn't have changed anything.

I beg to differ.

 

[Stalin-ohaulic]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif Ya cause he would've had time to pull it out.

He probably would have.

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

Sorry about the loss.

 

[Stalin-ohaulic]

or just let them take what they want and not shoot him

As someone who works in law enforcement I can assure you that, that approach does not always work. In fact in a lot of cases, the criminals want to remove the only witnesses to their crime.

I'll tell you what, if any of you 3 ever come in contact with people like this and you have your girl with you, you just lay down and take it. Watch while they take your stuff and **** your girl. Don't be a man and defend your family.

I mean nothing against the deceased. He tried to defend his family. He just wasn't equipped adequately.