Overview
- A Maricopa County judge rejected Robert Marin’s bid to switch his $2 million cash-only bond to a secured bond, leaving him in jail before trial.
- Marin, 60, is charged with first-degree murder and related counts after police said he shot his wife, Heather Marin, outside their Waddell home.
- Prosecutors said the couple’s 17-year-old daughter witnessed the shooting and tried to perform CPR after hearing her mother beg for her life.
- Police reported finding Marin in the garage with blood on his clothes and a strong smell of alcohol, and records describe threatening messages and alleged past abuse.
- Cash-only bond requires the full amount to walk free, while a secured bond can use a percentage or a surety, which the family fears Marin could cover to get out.