"Graciela Martinez Dead: Teen Found In Car Couldn't Get Out Of"
Source: The Huffington Post
14-year-old Graciela Martinez was found dead in her brother's car. The Huffington Post notified the world on September 14, 2013 at 12:33 P.M. On Wednesday, Graciela Martinez was locked into her brother's BMW unable to exit. Patricia, Martinez's sister had told the station, " 'She was a nice person. She came from school and then [went] to work, and then after work she would help mom around the house'." The car was parked outside Madera South High School located in Madera, California. The problem Martinez had was the faulty locks in the car. The police told The Huffington Post Graciela Martinez had fallen asleep that morning and then realized she was locked in. Detective Robert Salas also reported the car had a defective locking system and the car will have to go through a couple a tests to determine the truth. Martinez died from a heat stroke or "environmental hyperthermia". The young girl's family is extremely heartbroken for their unfortunate loss. There are many tests being conducted to the brother's BMW to actually prove the explanation for the faulty locks. The Huffington Post will yet notify everyone with the results and justification. This arcane situation will will be posted sometime next week.
Graciela’s brother should have definitely been more responsible knowing that the car was his car. Why does his car have faulty locks in the first place and when she fell asleep, no person bothered to look for her or see where she is so they could get her out? If her family saw her in the car, they should have known better than to leave her there. Wonderful job on the article Nicole.
ReplyDeleteTo hear of someone dying at such a young age is very sad. She had her whole life ahead of her and it was taken away for such a bad reason. It is odd that none of her family noticed the disappears until it was way too late. It will be interesting to hear what happens after further investigations. Nicole, the article you chose is very interesting. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThis is a deeply saddening story. Graciela Martinez’s tragic story should cause people to live a more circumspect lifestyle. Disasters like this occur frequently in daily life to many other innocent civilians. Mary is correct, in the comment above, when stating that Graciela’s brother should have been much more observant with his faulty car’s lock system. Excellent work on this blog post, Nicole!
ReplyDeleteIt is crazy to hear such a fatality based off of the mishaps of technology! Graciela Martinez sounded like such a helpful well-rounded family person throughout her story. What a tragedy it is to have such a girl dissapear. Her family should have looked out for her more. Thank you Nicole for the news!
ReplyDeleteIt is sad to see teens dieing from drugs and alcohol related deaths, but accidents like this really raises the question- How succeptible are we to the grasps of death? Can someone be so unfortunate to die of heat stroke because of faulty car locks? Apparently so... Very "stupid" deaths like this really are just aggravating. It is not fair to people to live such a short life when they could have made a difference on earth.
ReplyDeleteHearing a young teenager's death can mess with anyone's emotions, especially a parents. Thinking that this teenage girl still had so many years to do something in her life such as reaching her goals is sad. Some people just do not get to accomplish things that they have wished to when they were younger. Just always remember to live life to the fullest because you do not know what might happen during the day.
ReplyDeleteIt is saddening to see such young and youthful lives taken away all too early. Whenever a teenager is reported dead, most of the time it is due to irresponsibility on another person's part. This should open our eyes to teach younger generations how to take on responsibility relatively early in their lives. Very informative topic.
ReplyDeleteIt is upsetting to hear about deaths like this one. Accidents that cause severe harm to an innocent become extremely emotional for the audience. When the victim is as young as Graciela, it awakens a sense of empathy to readers. Someone as young as Graciela, just merely began her journey through life. She had yet to accomplish so many things. Nicole did an amazing job with the post, it was informative but brief!
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