years old at the time of the murderer also known as jupiter joe, gave sidewalk astronomy classes, encouraging kids and adults to see the stars through his telescope are online. astronomy, stars and everything she was interested in is something our suspect was interested in, on the internet going around talking about it so there s a connection there. reporter: detectives discovered another connection, old case notes show martinez tell police he saw her around the apartment complex getting around selling candy, when questioned in late november and denied physical contact with minaralise that s what they knew he was denying, ultimately sealing the case against him. he was fifth on the list of individuals i wanted to talk to. reporter: what does that say to you? it shows we were headed in
An astronomer popularly known as Jupiter Joe maintains his innocence with his lawyer, Troy A. Smith, saying that the murder charge against his client does not make sense.
that big crater that you saw in the middle of the moon, that that s crater right there. reporter: martinez also goes by jupiter joe. he gave sidewalk astronomy classes. videos of him encouraging kids and adults to see the stars through his telescope are online. astronomy, the stars and everything she was interested in is something that our suspect is interested in. he s going around, talking about it. there s a connection there. reporter: and detectives discovered another connection, old case notes from 1999 showed martinez told police he had seen her around their apartment complex getting mail and selling candy. when martinez was questioned in late november and denied any physical contact with her, detectives say, that s when they knew he was lying. ultimately sealing the case against him. he was fifth on the list of individuals that i wanted to
Joseph Martinez, arrested last week for the murder of little Minerliz Soriano, joined the other revelers at this year’s Pelham Park get-together, held just a short walk from the spot where he allegedly dumped the slain teen’s body after her disappearance in the winter of 1999.