Daily Mail
September 12, 2015
A topless maid has been convicted of killing her elderly client by repeatedly hitting him a shotgun until it broke and then almost sawing off his head with a knife.
Centia Renee Martin, 36, was sentenced to 35 years to life for the brutal crime after a jury found her guilty of killing the 74-year-old retired police officer.
The jury took four hours to decide the verdict, following a 21-day long trial in which she attempted to represent herself.
Steven Gates, deputy district attorney, said retired officer Robert Crigler originally hired her as a topless maid and masseuse on January 10.
However, at some point during the the next three days, the maid bludgeoned the former Redondo Beach Swat team member to death with a shotgun.
She also nearly decapitated him by sawing at his neck with a knife during the attack inside his Inglewood, LA, home.
Prosecutors claimed the killing occurred sometime between January 10, when Crigler hired Martin, and January 13, when police found his body inside his home.
Evidence presented at trial included video surveillance footage and forensic evidence that tied Martin to the crime.