Headlines in today?s El Caribe newspaper feature the report that people are increasingly worried for their safety. The recent deaths of two women in their own homes have shaken the residents of the quieter neighborhoods of Santo Domingo. Gladys Tavares de Macarrulla, the mother of a prominent businessman, was killed in her residence the day before yesterday. Earlier in the week, Lizabetta Santana Pimentel, a graphic designer for the Listin Diario papers, was found strangled in her apartment. The police announced that the killer of Santana Pimentel has been arrested and has admitted his guilt. Cristian Romualdo Sierra, presented to reporters as the killer of Santana Pimentel, was arrested after he tried to cash a RD$4,000 check that he had forced the six-week pregnant woman to write. He told police that he did not intend to kill her but became nervous when she received a phone call, as reported in the Listin Diario. A later search of his residence turned up bloody clothing and other items belonging to the victim. In the case of Tavares de Macarrulla, the police found her car along the Duarte Highway near Santiago. Law officers say that they have several leads that are being investigated.
