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The Mortgage And The Murder

May 23, 2009 8:05 PM

In Full: Did a stressed out mortgage broker kill his clients? Erin Moriarty reports.

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by kkelly34 November 5, 2009 3:55 PM EST
I normally don't comment on these stories (I have seen almost everyone of them at my boring job) but this one I just felt like I had to. How dare Renee's family!!! I am so happy to have the family I have after seeing such ignorant people! I feel so bad for her. My father died an unexpected death when I was a young adult and I did the same thing at the funeral. I was SO sad for his death but I didn't know how to act! How dare her family judge her!!! Shame on YOU!!!! Now a lawsuit??? I think Renee's family is just money hungry selfish evil people. Keep your head up Renee and don't give them a DIME!!! I am so sorry for your lose!
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by catize10 October 3, 2009 12:14 PM EDT
Renee had nothing to gain from this. People change their life insurance almost every other year as they get older. Once a year you are allowed to increase or decrease your policy. I have always been the beneficiary of my parents life insurance policy usually it is the kids or next of kin. I don't blame her for abandoning her family as they abandoned her when she needed them most.even if they expected her they could have kept it quit. The old saying keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Maybe they would have come up with more motives more people to look at if they worked as a family............And for god sake why would she kill her dog........ The PD dropped the ball on this.
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by yama07 September 17, 2009 3:04 PM EDT
they have to something about the albuquerque police sloppy work before they mess up another case
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by mizb September 4, 2009 8:08 PM EDT
doesn't anyone wonder why the dog always barked at the relatives but not at Ron (if he was the murderer)?
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by djangoo1 September 4, 2009 5:32 PM EDT
the daughter had something to do with the murder.
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by socalboy75 August 31, 2009 1:56 PM EDT
Come now people, forget, for a moment, the shell casing found in the garage, that was obviously planted, but the mortgage broker owned the same model handgun used in the shootings. He claims he traded it sometime before the crime to someone he can't identify. Did you all watch when he nervously offered "Robert, I don't know his last name." He is the guilty party here, and a sociopath. As far as the daughter; she is just another cold hearted american youth who knows not the proper, or at least decent, behavior for a given situation. She is a common by-product of our society. Is this a rarity to you?
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by OneLuv333 August 21, 2009 5:59 AM EDT
I don't think she has anything to do with it. She might sound like a spoiled brat but I don't think it's enough to accuse her of being involved with her parents' murder. Justice will prevail it just takes time.
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by Ilove48hours June 6, 2009 2:01 AM EDT
I agree w/ fortitudenoir. She definately knows something or is involved. I think both she and Ron may have devised something. Notice how initially she tried to defend Ron or sorta coming to his defense, after her name was cleared for the million dollars. She probably knew most likely that he might say something and confess that both he and Renee were involved in murder plan scheme. Only after the trial was over and Ron was acquited and when it was all said and done, Renee threw Ron under the bus and said that last bit about him being lucky and going to a family while i have no one to go home to. Boo hoo...save ur tears woman. Texting during a funeral, test driving BMWS....i can't stand it when people say the same excuse "everyone grieves differently". Not true, esp if they had strong attachment to ones they love as Renee claims she had with her parents. I feel bad for victims families and how they watched the sloppy police work. If Jimmy at Hot Dog in a Stick at the mall does a sloppy job he gets shouted at, but when the police conducts a sloppy investigation of a double homicide, we just let it slide...makes no sense.

This was a good episode - puzzling, unsolved, cold case. I give it 7 out of 10, 6 points b/c i like the nice earthy architecture of Southwestern homes and 1 more point for shell casing that could have been planted at crime scene.
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by fortitudenoir May 31, 2009 1:30 PM EDT
TEST DRIVING BMWS?
THE DAUGHTER IS SUSPECT. I THINK SHE IS INVOLVED, MAYBE SHE AND THE GUY PLANNED IT TOGETHER OR SHE GOT SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT, BUT I THINK THE DAUGHTER IS IN IT UP TO HER SPOILED SELFISH , DIMWITTED HEAD.
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by Nunitak May 27, 2009 9:06 PM EDT
After watching the whole thing, my initial doubts about the daughter's character evaporated. Ron Sanitiago, very unlikeable to many people, is definitely a person who has committed crimes and who seems to have a weak and doubtful character insofar as adherence to right and just actions. But being guilty of one offense does not necessarily make one guilty of another, and murder requires proof beyond reasonable doubt.

I notice some of these people are associated with Countrywide where process became secondary to results achieved, the exact same problem as still exists in Public Education across the nation. Also mysterious and intriguing are the other incidents involving clients of that firm and bearing possible relationship to Mr. Santiago.

However, most of all, I deplore the sloppy and inept, unprofessional police work that shows minds not engaged fully, apparently no one with assigned total focus, ineptness. And, yes, possible evidence tampering. It is stupid to sell a weapon without having full details kept on file about the sale, but the susupect is dumb enough to do that. Amazing how he has found companionship within the legal community....

Were I involved in this as a so-called cold case, I would definitely start from scratch about all the personal relationships of both parents. Someone wanted one of them dead, most likely. Perhaps both.

I have a gut feeling that there is something unrevealed about what was going on with past personal relationships, more so for the mother. But I would investigate both more thoroughly, even going through military records of the father.

One final comment: I am amazed repeatedly on why the D.A. and Police and Courts NEVER bring the dog who was present into the vicinity of each and every suspect while videotaping the natural reactions of the animal. This was not done in the famous O.J. case, and also for others since then. I am both scientific and fair and such evidence would be an important datum. Getting ALL the evidence is quite important.

As for D.A. and police who would plant evidence, their reward is coming soon from the highest sources in the cosmos, likewise for false witnesses, and for those who withhold evidence. Nowadays, a computeer has become central to the lives of many. In my own case, my life is literally wrapped around it -- the biggest single clue, all the data in one place. Overlooking such a source is BEYOND BELIEF and REEKS of incompetence.

When you do not know for sure who the criminal is, it is very important not to go on a witch hunt or to take actions that may well lead to the suffering of the innocent. I must confess that only the span of long experience and the wisdom of age has confirmed me in that precept of justice.

So, I am not pointing any finger. But there is ample opportunity left for further investigation. And the faulty police work (not enough diligent detectives?) needs prompt remedy. The police who appeared seemed like good people, where are things going wrong in their department? Only the investigators there who are honest and competent are likely to know. If that stuff gets too bad, it could make us resemble certain foreign nations I will not mention here, but the ones I am in mind are far, far, far worse.

And we should not forget the good work that the police do. All processes need continual monitoring in order to preserve quality outcomes. A scientific fact everywhere, and let me tell you now, even God does the same.

Without that perfection would not be possible.
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