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Samantha Hayes Reporting"Me, my husband, our family will pay for this the rest of our lives."
A life without their son. He died last year after a heroin overdose. Two of the teenagers with him at the time are guilty of dumping his body; that was the ruling in court today, handed down by a judge in front of the victim's parents.
The judge also said this case is horrifying and the teenagers showed no human decency.
Mike Martinez, Father: "I'm glad the judge stated it was horrifying. The kids showed no remorse in what they did to my son."
Zachary Martinez did not know the other teenagers all that well, but he knew them well enough to do heroin with them one night last year. That was no excuse, his parents say, for what happened when Zachary overdosed.
Georgia Martinez, Mother: "They were more worried about getting in trouble than doing the right thing for a so-called friend."
Mike Martinez: "They should have done the right thing and called 9-1-1."
Martinez says his son was dead for 10 hours before the other teenagers moved his body. It was discovered three hours after that.
Mike Martinez: "I don't like to look at them; absolutely, I can't stand to look at them, they snow no remorse."
Georgia Martinez has several hundred signatures she hopes will persuade lawmakers to draft a law encouraging others in that situation to call for help.
Georgia Martinez: "If you don't think this can happen to your kid, you better think again. It can happen to anybody's kid."
The teens face sentencing next week. Two other teenagers were involved; one already served time in jail, the other, a young woman, was not charged after she testified against the others.
