Mothers of Slain Marine, Wife Want Meeting With Obama

By Alicia Cruz
Senior writer
Theblackurbantimes

Her son, with his new, young wife by his side, served his country honorably. Now, both are dead. They were brutally murdered by members of her son, Sgt. Jan Pawel Pietrzak, military unit at MCB San Diego.
The mothers of Sgt. Jan Pawel Pietrzak and wife, Quiana Pietrzak want a meeting with President Obama. In a letter to the president, both mothers said they want to "talk about how the sacrifice of Jan Pawel and Quiana could unite us."
The "tragedy of (the) Jenkins and Pietrzak families is an important issue for Americans," Henryka Pietrzak-Varga wrote in the letter.
A White House aide Thursday acknowledged receiving the letter and said they would respond to the grieving moms, who have been demanding justice for their kids.
Four Marines, some members of the same unit as the deceased Marine, have been charged with the robbery and murder of the Pietrzaks in their California home last year. While cops insist robbery was the motive, the alleged killers left behind racist remarks about the interracial couple.
Word of the letter came a day after Faye Jenkins, the mother of Pietrzak's murdered wife, fled a courtroom in tears as a detective described how a hog-tied Pietrzak watched helplessly as wife Quiana was violated repeatedly with a sex toy.
The thugs, who thought the 24-year-old Marine had cash hidden in the house, also planned to force his wife to dance naked to get him to "break," police said.
Tyrone Miller, 21, and Kesuan (Psycho) Sykes, 22, later allegedly joked about sodomizing the 26-year-old woman with the device, police said.
The graphic testimony was presented at a pre-trial hearing that convinced a judge there is enough evidence to try Miller, Sykes and two other Marines, Kevin Cox, 21, and Emrys John, 19, for the double murder.
Last Saturday, Quiana's kin gathered at her grave on what would have been her first wedding anniversary. They released balloons bearing messages for the slain newlyweds.
"In our mind's eye, we know that they will read that message and understand that our love for them is eternal and unconditional," one message read.