Local media is closely following the testimony of Simón Bolívar Ureña “El Boli,” the man hired by the Martinez family to dispose of the body. He now says that lead suspect Marlon Martínez confessed to him that he had given 16-year old pregnant Emely Peguero something to drink, causing her miscarriage, although he did not specify to the court exactly what it was.
Several weeks after the murder, Ureña led investigators to the body of Emely Peguero that had been placed inside a suitcase and left on a road in Cayetano Germosen, in Espaillat province.
So far in the case, there have not been formal charges made against the main suspect Marlon Martínez, nor his mother Marlin Martínez, who is accused of hiding the body, as well as Henry Martínez, brother of Marlin, accused of criminal association.
All three are currently serving coercive measures in jail.
In addition, the lawyer of Marlin Martinez, Candido Simó has resigned from the case, following the rejection by the Supreme Court to move the case to another area. He said that if the case were to be held in San Francisco de Macoris he would be wasting his time. He is the second lawyer to resign from defending the Martínez. Simó says that the intense media coverage impedes the family receiving a fair trial.
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Listin Diario
El Dia
10 April 2018
