A stunning incident hit the community of La Junta, Colorado, in which a mother, Rhyle King, and her two children Xena and Xander were killed in a rage by her estranged husband and father of her kids, Andrew Martinez.
The triple murder-suicide has shocked the community and the world at large as many grapple with what can make a man turn into such a monster and destroy the lives of so many people, especially his own innocent children, in such a blink of an eye!
Obviously, it takes a psychotic monster out of his mind to commit such atrocities, and the worst part is cowards such as Martinez are never ready to face the consequences of their actions and often take their own lives as if that makes what they’ve done any better!!
May he rot in hell like the piece of sh*t that he is! It’s truly despicable to think that people such as him even exist on this earth at all!!
As many grieve this tragedy, we provide as many details as we have about the incident below.
Rhyle King, Xena King, and Xander King Killed in La Junta Shooting and Murder-Suicide by Andrew Martinez
A La Junta mom, Rhyle King was killed by her estranged husband Andrew Martinez, who killed their two kids Xena (2) and Xander (1), before offing himself!
The horrific incident occurred in the late hours of June 11, 2024, in the city of La Junta.
Officers of the La Junta Police Department were called to a home in the 1100 block of Smithland Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
There they were met with a pretty horrific scene showing two adults – a man and a woman – and one child all dead.
A second child was critically injured and taken to hospital but also passed away.
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Authorities have yet to formally ID the family but posts on social media make clear who the culprit and victims are in this scenario.
Rhyle King, an employee of the Sonic Drive-in fast food restaurant was identified as the woman killed in the incident.
Rhyle has two children, Xena (slated to turn 3 in August) and Xander (literally just turned 1) were also identified as the two kids involved.
Andrew Martinez was the piece of sh*t husband who took all three of their lives as well as his own life.
Zoey Hiser who considered herself a sister to King (though not biologically related) took to social media to rant about the tragic incident.
Zoey tore into Martinez as she shed bitter tears over the loss of her friend and her two babies in such a senseless and horrific act of violence.
“FCK YOU ANDREW MARTINEZ I HOPE YOU ROT IN FCKING HELL HOW F*CKING DARE YOU!!!!!! I’m at a loss of words right now,” she began her heated post.
“Three beautiful souls got ripped away from us because her piece of sh*t husband decided for himself there fate. Rhyle has been like family to me she was like the cool older sister I never had. We had babies a month apart the same year and I have been keeping in contact ever since (we lost contact at one point because we didn’t know how to get ahold of each other) those babies were like my nieces and nephews..RIP Homie,” she continued.
Other posts touched on the tragedy, noting what an amazing mom Rhyle was and being completely devastated at the way she and her kid’s lives had been horrifically ended.
A GoFundMe fundraiser was also set up to raise money for the burial of the three victims.
The fundraiser revealed that Xander was left on life support for a while to allow his organs to be harvested for other children in need before he was taken off.
“We are currently in the process of getting them to Oregon for burial however, due to her recently moving her mom, brother and sister to Oregon from Colorado to aid in her mom’s care she is very limited on funds. Any contribution would be greatly appreciated. Even $5 at a time adds up. We thank you all,” the GoFundMe created by Ginger Rodgers said.
Currently, the fundraiser has raised just under $2,000 of it $12,000 target.
Life can be truly cruel at times and this is one of those times.
One can only send thoughts and prayers in such circumstances. May those three souls rest in peace and as for Martinez, no suffering will be enough for him wherever he ends up in the afterlife!