In August 2003, Juan Catalan’s life changed forever when he was arrested for the murder of 16-year-old Martha Puebla.
The 24-year-old father was stopped at gunpoint outside his father’s auto shop in Los Angeles. His wife and young daughter were in the car with him. Catalan was accused of killing Puebla because she had testified in a gang murder case involving his brother, Mario Catalan. Even though he said he was innocent, he was sent to a maximum-security prison to wait for his trial on capital murder charges.
