2019News

Four arrested in brutal murder of 9-year old

Mónica Montero, mother of the murdered child / Diario Libre

The National Police announced it arrested a man who confessed to the murder of nine-year-old boy in the El Hoyo de María in Isabelita district in eastern Santo Domingo on Monday, 11 February 2019. 28-year old Miguel Ángel Reynoso Jiménez (a) El Negro, when questioned by the investigators, admitted to stabbing, sexually violating and then burning the corpse of nine-year-old Leonardo Montero inside the boy’s humble home. He also admitted to having committed the rape of an eight-year old girl.

The investigators suspect that a brawl the man had had with the mother of the child was the reason for the brutal murder of the child.

Also under arrest for investigations are Cristian Feliz (a) El Pájaro, 18 years old; Chayanne Enmanuel Vargas Cuevas (a) Leito, 23, and Yeicol Amabel Contreras (a) El Pulpo, 24, all residents of the aforementioned sector.

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13 February 2019