Virginia Carolina Rojas Collado, who had not long ago migrated from Venezuela, was found dead with knife wounds in her Av. Núñez de Cáceres apartment in San Gerónimo apartment in the National District. The apartment was locked but when a foul smell resulted, the firemen broke down the door finding the horrific scene of her death. She was found dead in the bathroom in a pool of blood. Two knives, one of 8 and 11 inches are analyzed for finger prints.
A neighbor told police investigators that the last time she was seen alive was on Sunday, 27 January when she told her neighbor she was going out for some errands. Her cousin Luis Mendez had placed a claim in the Department of Missing People of the Police that the cousin was missing. A neighbor of the woman called 911 when noting a stench coming from the apartment.
The Venezuelan had moved to the DR seeking new opportunities given the economic and political situation in Venezuela.
The body was sent to the National Forensic Sciences Institute (Inacif) for an autopsy.
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MetroRD
4 February 2019
