El Nacional is reporting the death by shooting of 63 year old Gerd Bercteim (that surname could be incorrectly spelled by El Nacional), a German expat living in Islabon, east of Cabarete.
El Nacional, la voz de todos
Information from a different source says the victim had moved to the DR from the Turks and Caicos fairly recently in order to retire. El Nacional says the motive is unknown at present and that a number of people were detained for investigation and subsequently released. Since this only happened around midnight Wednesday night/Thusday morning that is a fairly fast investigation.
Information received but not in El Nacional indicates that the victim recently fired his gardener and broke up with his girlfriend but it is not known whether these are salient causative factors for his demise.
El Nacional, la voz de todos
Information from a different source says the victim had moved to the DR from the Turks and Caicos fairly recently in order to retire. El Nacional says the motive is unknown at present and that a number of people were detained for investigation and subsequently released. Since this only happened around midnight Wednesday night/Thusday morning that is a fairly fast investigation.
Information received but not in El Nacional indicates that the victim recently fired his gardener and broke up with his girlfriend but it is not known whether these are salient causative factors for his demise.