An 83-year old was found dead in her residence on Av. Rómulo Betancourt in Bella Vista on Tuesday, 30 July 2019. She had retired after a long career as a pediatrician at the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital. She lived alone.
Preliminary reports are that the woman had cashed her RD$60,000 monthly pension check and had kept RD$20,000 in cash at home. Police Criminal Investigations (Dicrim) agents suspect the motive was robbery because they found a deposit slit for RD$40,000. A bank savings book was found indicating the woman had RD$6 million in savings.
Angélica Mercedes de los Santos was strangled to death. Her body was found around 6pm by an employee from a nearby shop. He visited to check on the woman at the request of her nephew who lives abroad. The shop employee immediately called 911. The nephew said he had not been able to get through to his aunt on the phone.
The Police said that they found a woman’s bag outside the residence and an empty purse the robbers could have left behind as they fled.
The woman’s body was sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences for the forensic autopsy. Police continue to investigate the case.
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Listin Diario
1 August 2019