Mark Dean Schwab

About Mark Dean Schwab

Mark Dean Schwab (born December 16, 1968) is a prisoner in the state of Florida, where he is awaiting execution for the rape and murder of 11-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez, Jr., on April 18, 1991. He was convicted of the crime in 1992 and sentenced to death. In addition, he received two life sentences.

Schwab was released from prison on March 4, 1991, after serving three years of an eight-year sentence for an aggravated rape committed in 1987. The rest of his sentence was commuted and he was placed on 15 years of probation.

A month later, Cocoa resident Junny Rios-Martinez, Jr., went missing. Schwab had seen Junny's picture in the March 21, 1991 edition of Florida Today. He became friendly with the boy and his family, introducing himself as an associate of Malcom Denemark from that newspaper. After getting to know Junny, Schwab exploited his interest in surfing by saying he had left Florida Today for a job at a surfing magazine. On April 18, 1991, friends saw Junny get into a U-Haul truck.