Peter Walter Muller is the 66-year old Swiss national identified as the victim of a suspected armed robbery in the parking lot of Red Grill restaurant on Lope de Vega and Max Henriquez Urena avenues in Santo Domingo. The crime took place in the presence of his Dominican wife and their seven-year old son. Muller was taken to the nearby Abel Gonzalez clinic, but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. As reported in Diario Libre, one of the restaurant waiters, Juan Andres Moscoso, said that the assailants attempted to take money from Muller and he resisted and was shot. Later news reports say that he had withdrawn US$10,000 from a bank prior to arriving at the restaurant. The employee said that Muller was a frequent customer at the restaurant.
Police agents have caught two of the assailants involved in the robbery. Police spokesman Colonel Jacobo Mateo Moquete said that they have identified two further suspects in the attempted robbery and that the Police have retrieved the weapon that fired the fatal shot.
Assistant Prosecutor Dante Castillo reports that the accused are Ruben Aquiles Olivo Lora, Daniel Celado de la Rosa and Alfredo Espin Valenzuela. The lawyer for the accused has asked the court to delay the decision on remand until the three have been examined by a doctor as they claim they were mistreated by the authorities in order to extract confessions.
In a statement issued by her lawyer, the victim’s widow Ana Beato Ramirez said that she is hoping for justice and that the accused men will be given the maximum sentence.
Another person thought to be involved in the crime was known as “Luis El Taxista” who left the scene and has not been found.
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