Inset: Robert Marin (Maricopa County Sheriff’s Workplace). Background: The Arizona residence the place Robert Marin allegedly shot his spouse lifeless after which smoked a celebratory cigar whereas standing over her physique, coated in blood (AZ Household/YouTube).
An Arizona man blew his spouse away with 4 gunshot blasts after which lit up a celebratory cigar whereas standing over her physique — with their teen daughter discovering him coated in blood and puffing away on it after listening to her mother pleading “please do not kill me, please do not kill me,” in line with police.
“Why would you do that?!” Robert Marin’s daughter yelled at him after coming throughout the ghastly scene within the storage of Marin’s Phoenix residence on Monday night time, in line with a possible trigger affidavit obtained by Legislation&Crime.
The 60-year-old allegedly responded by “shrugging his shoulders” and strolling out of the storage. He then “returned … to smoke a cigar” over his spouse’s physique, in line with the affidavit, whereas the couple’s daughter tried to carry out CPR and referred to as 911.
The sufferer, Heather Marin, was Marin’s estranged spouse and had gotten into an argument with him about their daughter staying with him, the affidavit says.
“[Marin’s] teenage daughter reported she and Marin have been in a verbal argument earlier within the night,” the doc alleges. “Throughout this argument, Marin expressed hatred towards the sufferer [Heather Marin], from whom he was informally separated and within the means of divorcing. The daughter defined she had additionally confronted her father along with her issues concerning the dynamics of the separation which possible fueled the strain of the argument.”
As issues escalated, the daughter informed police she “overheard Marin make a heated and offended telephone name” to Heather Marin, successfully telling her that “he couldn’t cope with their daughter anymore and didn’t need the daughter to remain within the residence any longer,” in line with the affidavit.
The daughter “retreated” to her bed room, the place she made a telephone name to her boyfriend after which obtained two telephone calls from her mom, one round 8:39 p.m. and one other round 9:09 p.m., however she didn’t reply both of them “as she was involved it might additional upset her father,” the affidavit states.
“Someday after the unanswered name, [the daughter] later heard screaming coming from the storage space,” the doc alleges. “As she walked in the direction of the storage entrance door from the home, she distinctly heard her mom pleading, ‘Please do not kill me, please do not kill me,’ adopted by roughly 4 gunshots.”
When the daughter opened the inside door to the storage from inside the house, she noticed Heather Marin bleeding on the bottom and Robert Marin “standing close to or over her holding a firearm.”
Police consider the homicide occurred round 9:30 p.m. and was premeditated resulting from Robert Marin’s “indifference after the capturing, electing to smoke a cigar reasonably than render support,” in line with the affidavit, together with various different elements, together with Heather Marin allegedly “pleading for her life earlier than being shot a number of instances.”
When cops arrived on the residence, they discovered Robert Marin contained in the storage “with blood on his clothes and sneakers,” in line with the affidavit. A firearm, holster, and spent casings have been found within the storage.
“When deputies contacted the suspect, he dropped to his knees upon their arrival and was detained with out making any statements,” the affidavit states. “Deputies famous a powerful odor of alcohol coming from Marin throughout transport to a MCSO [Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office] facility for questioning and processing.”
The daughter informed cops a couple of prior “unreported home violence incident” from early February 2026, throughout which Robert Marin held a firearm in his hand and threatened to shoot Heather Marin within the head earlier than killing himself, in line with the affidavit.
She additionally described receiving screenshots of textual content message exchanges between her dad and mom containing “hateful and threatening language,” police say.
“[The daughter] confirmed that Marin was an avid gun proprietor with a number of unsecured firearms saved all through the residence to incorporate pistols and searching rifles,” the affidavit explains. “She additionally described a big secure in a closet inside the home which additionally saved firearms and ammunition.”
Robert Marin was arrested and charged with first-degree homicide. He is being held within the Maricopa County Jail on a $2 million money bond.
