On April 22, 1986, Eustaquio Tico Martinez was one of nine people murdered during a 92-day killing spree in South Florida carried out by Manuel Pardo Jr. Pardo, a former police officer, claimed he targeted drug dealers as part of a personal crusade, but investigators determined some victims, including Martinez, were not involved in drug activity.

Pardo was linked to the crimes after using credit cards stolen from his victims. At his 1988 trial he testified against his attorney’s advice, admitted to the killings, and said he should be executed. He was convicted on nine counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death; he was executed by lethal injection on December 11, 2012. Pardo documented his crimes in a diary and collected newspaper clippings about them.

Does anyone have additional information about Martinez’s life or where he was living in 1986 that could add context to his story?