Ashlee Anne Rose Martinson[3] (born March 6, 1998) is an American woman convicted of the 2015 murders of her mother and stepfather, which she committed the day after her 17th birthday.
[5] She remained estranged from her biological father and lived with her mother, stepfather, two stepsisters and a half sister.
[1] Martinson was allegedly verbally abused by Thomas "Tony" Ayers, in the events leading up to his murder.
[1] On March 7, 2015, at their home in Piehl, Wisconsin, Martinson got into an argument with her mother and stepfather after they discovered she was in a relationship with a 22-year-old man, Ryan Sisco.
[1][8] Martinson then ran to her room, Thomas banged on her door, afterwards, she shot and killed her stepfather with a shotgun.
After police announced the details of the crime and their vehicle information, she and Sisco were captured in Boone County, Indiana.
[6] The prosecutors pursued a forty-year sentence, where her defense argued for eight, citing her mother's negligence of subjecting the family to the abuse of Thomas Ayers.
[6] Judge Michael Bloom stated he felt Martinson's history was not enough to justify murder and her life was not in danger at the time.
[1] In June 2017, Martinson argued for a reduced sentence with the aid of her lawyer, who cited the defendant was incapable of making a rational choice due to her living conditions.