The assistant director of the cultural center Museo de las Casas Reales, 47-year old artist Maria Nieves Sicart was found dead at her home in the El Cacique neighborhood on Saturday afternoon. She had been brutally beat to death with a bat. The police arrested her former 17-year old maid and 15-year old boyfriend who allegedly admitted to having committed the crime. The pair said they killed the lady to rob her. According to press reports, the maid had been fired on Friday by the deceased because she suspected that her maid’s boyfriend had to do with the robbery of a jeep that a friend had lent to her. The maid and the boyfriend were arrested over the weekend in Santo Domingo and Ban?. On them were found a cellular phone, a camera, watch, five rings and bracelet of the victim. The victim lived with her mother, who was absent at the time of the killing. Press reports said that the maid was able to get in because she kept a key to the back door of the dwelling.
