The confessed assassin of three-year old girl Elaine Yamile Reyes, 24 year old shoe shiner Daniel Antonio Martinez Rodriguez was stabbed to death 15 times by a convict murderer in the north central Cotuí jail. The Cotuí jail was the fifth jail where he was sent after his life was threatened in four other jails. Martínez confessed to the murder of three-year old Elaine, after kidnapping her and violating her. He described himself as "the worst of animals" and said he wished to die. She was his neighbor in a impoverished Santo Domingo barrio. He had been relocated from the Police headquarters, to the District Attorney jail, to Najayo jail, and San Francisco jail prior to being sent to the Cotuí jail where he was to be confined in a solitary cell. Elaine’s mother and grandmother said they were pleased that he had died suffering similar pain as he inflicted their daughter. His twelve year old brother said that the family had lost all their feelings for him, and couldn’t care less that he had died.
