Mark Schwab had a previous criminal record of child sexual assault. On 02/22/88, Schwab pled guilty to two counts of Sexual Battery and was sentenced to eight years in prison and 15 years on probation. The agreement included the waiving of five counts, including Lewd and Lascivious Assault upon a Child, False Imprisonment, and three counts of Sexual Battery. Schwab was released from prison in March of 1991 after serving three years for sexual assault. On 04/18/91, Junny Rios-Martinez was kidnapped, raped, and murdered. His body was discovered on 04/21/91. During the same month that Schwab was released from prison, a picture of Junny Rios-Martinez, the victim, was published in the newspaper. Schwab saw the picture and called the family on the phone claiming that he was writing an article on the boy. Through this action and the promise of assisting the boy in a acquiring a contract to represent a surfing company, Schwab became friendly with the boy’s family. On 04/18/91, a schoolmate of Junny’s reported that Junny had gotten into a U-Haul truck with a man. On 04/20/91, Schwab called his aunt in Ohio and told her that someone named “Donald” had made him kidnap and rape Rios-Martinez with threats of killing Schwab’s mother. On 04/21/91, the police were questioning Schwab’s aunt when Schwab called. The police recorded and traced the phone call with her permission. Upon learning Schwab’s location, the police arrested Schwab in a neighboring Ohio town. Schwab told police where to find the body of Junny Rios-Martinez, which was discovered in a rural part of the county inside of a footlocker. Schwab’s community supervision was revoked, and he was resentenced to Life on 07/01/92. Schwab was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of eleven-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez. UPDATE: From WXJT TV station in Jacksonville. A condemned Florida man scheduled to be executed Thursday remained on Death Row after the U.S. Supreme court ordered a postponement. The high court intervened just hours before Mark Schwab would have been put to death for murdering 11-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez. Police said Schwab kidnapped, raped and strangled Junny in 1991. The blocked execution prompted Junny's family to speak out about their wait for justice. "I would be lying to you if I told you I wasn't disappointed ... we are," said Junny Rios-Martinez Sr. Surrounded by family and friends, the Rios-Martinez clan said it refuses to be defeated by a justice system that has given Schwab something their son was never afforded -- more time to live. "They may think it's cruel and unjust to him, but what they did to us today is just as cruel and unjust," said Junny's mother, Vickie Rios-Martinez. The U.S. Supreme Court granted Schwab a stay of execution as the justices consider appeals that claim lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment for Death Row inmates. The decision came just four hours before Schwab was to die at the state prison in Starke, Fla. So much of Thursday was about Schwab, Junny's family urged everyone to focus on the real victim -- Junny. The family said what happened to their loved one 16 years ago is sickening. Junny won a kite flying in March 1991contest and his picture appeared in an Orlando newspaper and Schwab saw the boy's picture and that was how the convicted sex offender found his victim. Schwab befriended Junny's parents by claiming he was a newspaper reporter writing an article about the kite contest. Weeks later, Schwab called Junny's school and lied to staff, saying he was the boy's father and he should met him after school. Junny was raped and murdered. His body found in a Brevard county footlocker. The boy was one of seven children. His family has endured unimaginable pain. Junny's family said they survived Thursday's ruling because of their love for their lost son. "He murdered our son but he did not murder his spirit, and he still lives in each one of my grandchildren and my children, and that is our strength," said Junny's father. Junny's parents said they have proof their son's spirit is with them: one of their grandchildren was born on Junny's birthday, another one was born on the day Junny died and Junny's sister birthday was the day Junny's killer was supposed to be executed.

On Christmas Eve of 1996, Norman and Brenda Norwood became worried about their twenty-year old niece, Wendie Prescott, when she failed to show-up for a planned shopping trip with her sister. Around 11:00 pm, Norman went to Prescott’s apartment, only to discover her naked body lying face down in a partially filled bathtub. Her neck, hands and feet were tied in duct tape, which trailed from her neck down behind her back to her hands and feet. The medical examiner believed that she had been bound in this fashion prior to death. The autopsy revealed that Prescott had been manually strangled, with the possibility that her immersion in the tub also played a role in her death. A sexual assault examination was conducted and sperm samples collected and preserved for DNA testing. Though investigators found a high-quality dust print at Prescott’s apartment, initial comparisons yielded no matches. In the summer of 2000, however, the print was resubmitted to the FBI computer system, which, through the use of new technology, was able to narrow the list of possible matches. One of the matches scored over 2500 points, almost a 1000 points more than the next highest score. A FBI analyst concluded the print found in Prescott’s apartment matched the known print of Dale Devon Scheanette. This conclusion was later confirmed by two Arlington investigators. After obtaining a search warrant, officers obtained saliva samples from Scheanette. DNA testing matched the DNA extracted from these samples to the DNA extracted from Prescott’s corpse with a statistical certainty of one in 763 million. At the punishment phase, the State connected Scheanette to yet another capital murder, that of twenty-six year old Christine Vu. The State also tied Scheanette to five brutal sexual assaults. The State also introduced evidence that, while incarcerated awaiting trial, jail guards found concealed in Scheanette’s cell a contraband triangular piece of plexiglass that could have been used as a weapon. Finally, the State introduced evidence of a burglary conviction from 1999. In January 2003, a Texas jury convicted Scheanette of capital murder and sentenced him to death for the murder of Wendi Prescott while in the course of committing or attempting to commit sexual assault on her.