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Tuesday, 4 January 2000
Canadian hotelier found dead in Sosua
The body of 40-year old Anny Marie Marit, general manager and co-owner of the
Hotel Nuevo Amanecer in Sosua, was found in the No. 10 room of the hotel where
she resided. An employee of the hotel found the body. The corpse showed
bruises, contusions and a neck wound. A guest of the hotel, fellow Canadian
Pierre Danau, who resides in room No. 20, who spoke to her around 12 midnight,
last saw Marit alive. At the time she was accompanied by a person she identified
as Felix whom she told Danau she had just hired him as a night watchman. The
so-called Felix has not been able to be located by the Police, and he is suspect as
the murderer. The Homicide Department of the Police of Sosua arrested 12
persons for investigations, including several hotel employees. According to the
police, the murder would have occurred at 12:30 am of yesterday.