Marlon Martínez, accused of the murder of pregnant teenager, 16-year old Emely Peguero will serve another three months in jail after the coercive measure was ratified by a San Franciso de Macoris court.
The trial of Marlon and his mother Marlin will begin this Friday, 18 May 2018.
The public prosecution service is asking for 30 years in jail for Marlon and 20 for Marlin for the crimes they are accused of committing.
The defense for Marlon Martínez continues to insist that Emely’s death was not murder, but an illegal abortion leading to an “accidental death”. Emely was pregnant with Marlon’s child. The abortion was allegedly carried out at the home of Marlin and Marlon. The performing doctor or others intervening in the abortion itself have not been identified.
Thus far, only Marlin and Marlon will be on trial as prosecutors have not charged others possible suspects in the case, including the maids, María Balbina Rodríguez Santos and Sugel Miguelina Polo García, who worked for Marlin Martínez and Marlin’s brother, Henry Martínez.
Also not standing trial will be Simón Bolívar Ureña Almánzar (El Boli), who reached a deal with the prosecution to appear as a witness against Marlin, to prove that she pressurized her son to “undo” the pregnancy. Ureña lead crime investigators to the body of Peguero that was thus located on 31 August 2018 in Cayetano Germosén, Espaillat province, after several days of the teenager declared missing.
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16 May 2018
