The National Police arrested Henry Daniel Lorenzo Ortiz (aka Jeovanny El Caminante) on Sunday, 17 June 2018 after the later was identified as the lead suspect in the murder of the El Conde Súarez jewelry store employee. He was arrested in a pension in the eastern city of Higuey.
At the time he was in possession of the knife that is suspect of having been the same he used to kill 36-year old Annery Peña Pérez around 1pm on Thursday, 14 June 2018. The victim was stabbed to death by the suspect while at the store located at Calle José Reyes corner El Conde in the Edificio Saviñón. Peña Pérez had three children.
The assailant was identified by surveillance video. A post on social media he made of himself shopping for shoes and clothing, shortly after the media, also helped. The Police confirmed Lorenzo Ortiz was the same person that posted a photo showing what he bought with the stolen money. Listin Diario had posted the information online.
The surveillance video showed how the victim was held up at knifepoint and obliged to open the safe, which she did without opposition. The surveillance video showed how despite her compliance, her killer stabbed her to death.
Listin Diario and social media circulated videos showing the individual went shopping just hours after the murder and that the shopper is believed to be the murderer.
The Police says Lorenzo Ortiz admitted to having killed the woman so she could not tell on him because he had visited the jewelry frequently to sell silver jewelry to the store and the woman could recognize him. The Police recovered the weapon, part of the cash stolen and stolen jewelry. Lorenzo Ortiz did not have a police record.
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18 June 2018
