Judges in the National District have handed down the maximum 30-year jail sentence to Misael Mejia Paredes who was found guilty of murdering American citizen Jay Emerson Poers aged 80 and injuring his German wife, Ana Dorothee Geb Muller.
The court, presided over by Judge Sarah Veras, assisted by Judges Ingrid Fernandez and Gissel Soto, agreed with the evidence presented by Public Prosecutor Eduardo Joel Velasquez.
On 23 August 2012, the accused entered the home of the deceased and attacked them with a knife and beat them. After having killed Poers and injuring Poer’s spouse, the accused left with cell phones, a computer and other personal belongings of the couple.
Mejia Paredes was identified by Geb Muller and the cell phones were recovered from people who said they had bought them from Mejia Paredes.
Hombre que le quitó la vida a envejeciente pasará 30 años en prisión