BATAVIA, OHIO Murderer threatened to kill victim's parents

Charles Martin kept a journal that says he disliked the Mugrage family.
BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) -- A man convicted of murder in the shotgun slaying of a 15-year-old boy who walked on his lawn threatened to kill the teenager's parents if he had been acquitted, a prosecutor said.
Charles Martin, 67, of suburban Cincinnati, was convicted Thursday in the death of Larry Mugrage Jr., a freshman at Glen Este High School. Mugrage was Martin's next-door neighbor. Martin will be sentenced May 23 in Clermont County Common Pleas Court.
Clermont County Assistant Prosecutor Daniel Breyer said Friday that he wanted Judge William Walker and the Ohio Parole Board to know how dangerous Martin is. So Breyer said he will detail threats he said Martin made against the boy's parents, Anita and Larry Mugrage Sr., at Martin's sentencing.
Martin kept a journal that says he disliked the Mugrages for perceived slights related to his yard. A copy of the journal was introduced as evidence during Martin's trial and made available to the jury.
No sympathy
Breyer said no one should view Martin as a sympathetic figure.
"He, without even remorse, has gunned down some 15-year-old kid in the most heinous and brutal of fashions," Breyer said. "Really, why would I feel sorry for this guy?"
Breyer said deputy sheriffs told him that Martin had said while in jail he would kill the boy's parents if he ever got out.
Under Ohio sentencing guidelines, Martin will receive a life sentence with no chance of parole for 15 years, plus three more years because he used a gun, meaning that he won't be eligible for parole until he is 85, Breyer said. Breyer wants to see to it that Martin never gets out of prison.
"If he gets out, he'll finish off the job," Breyer said. "He should be off the streets."