Marlon Martínez will stay in prison in preventive custody for another three months on top of the six months he has already been there, charged with the murder of teenager Emely Peguero. The court said that he should remain in jail as there was no certainty he would not flee, given that he and his lawyers have not given any guarantees of his continuing to follow through the legal process were he to be released.
Marlon Martínez was given three months of preventive custody in September, then again in November and now once again.
His mother, Marlin Martínez, has also spent six months in preventive custody since the investigation into the murder of 16-year old Emely Peguero began. The body was found in a suitcase in Cayetano Germosen, in Espaillat province on 31 August 2017. Marlon and his mother Marlin are accused of the murder of the young woman who was pregnant. Marlon is said to have been the father of the aborted child.
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Listin Diario
20 February 2018
