Martin Zendejas (November 2, 1964 – December 19, 2018) was a Mexican placekicker in the Arena Football League (AFL) for the Los Angeles Cobras.
[1] Zendejas followed his older brother Tony and accepted a football scholarship from the University of Nevada.
He also set the NCAA Division I-AA career scoring record in the 40-26 win against Eastern Washington University.
[8] On December 19, 2018, while sitting in a car with his suspected girlfriend at around 1:19 am, Zendejas was beaten in a hotel parking lot in Chino Hills, California by the woman's boyfriend.
Ivan Mejia, 44, was booked on suspicion of murder in Zendejas' death, and detained at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, California.