The case of the death of 21-year old Andreea Celea who died after falling from the eighth floor of the W&P hotel in Bella Vista is on the court’s docket for today. Her former partner, Gabriel Villanueva, has been accused of her murder.
According to the file submitted by the Prosecution Service, the murder was premeditated. The file includes the account of how Villanueva requested his mother ask the family taxi driver to pick him up at the hotel, even though he and the victim had arrived in the hotel in their own vehicle.
The couple was to spend three nights in the hotel to celebrate the birthday of the accused, and during the 45 minutes at the hotel following their arrival, Villanueva had gone down to the lobby several times looking for a lighter or matches to light a cigarette containing presumably marijuana, as reported in the file, and could have acted under the influence of the drug.
It is then thought that later, both parties went to the car park to collect items from Villanueva’s car, but on returning they realized that the key to the room was still in the room, so they went to reception and asked for a copy.
The file states that fifteen minutes later, Gabriel left the hotel quickly in a taxi being driven by a trusted employee of his mother, Narciso Capellán. At the same time, security guards at the hotel, rushed to the victim who had landed on the terrace at the front of the hotel. They called the 911 emergency system and she was taken to the nearby Real Medical Center where she died shortly afterwards.
According to the medical certificate the accused showed injuries supposedly caused by the victim as she was defending herself.
The hearing is set for 5 September 2018 at 10:30am when pre-trial custody measures will be decided.
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Listin Diario
5 September 2018
