{"id":95889,"date":"2017-02-16T13:11:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T17:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=95889"},"modified":"2017-02-16T13:11:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T17:11:30","slug":"lead-suspect-in-broadcasters-murder-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2017\/02\/16\/lead-suspect-in-broadcasters-murder-found-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead suspect in broadcasters murder found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-95007\" src=\"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Policia-Nacional-logo-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" \/>The media carried reports that the lead suspect in the murder of two radio broadcasters in San Pedro de Macor\u00eds may have committed suicide after he was cornered by the authorities, as reported in SIN. The body of 59-year old Jos\u00e9 Rodr\u00edguez (Jose Palmita, Joselito) reportedly was found in bushes located in front of the San Pedro de Macor\u00eds free zone, in the Los Multi barrio. The announcement of the finding of the body took place only hours after broadcasters Leonidas Mart\u00ednez and Luis Manuel Medina were buried in San Pedro de Macor\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>The Police has yet to release the official version on why Rodr\u00edguez was sought as the lead suspect. Initial reports circulating in the media are that he was unable to control his anger over a real estate deal that did not go his way and in which the broadcasters had mediated.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2017\/02\/15\/454340\/se-habria-suicidado-presunto-autor-muerte-de-dos-comunicadores-en-spm\" target=\"_blank\">Listin Diario<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/videos\/video-de-facebook-recoge-disparos-previos-a-la-muerte-del-locutor-EK6279547\" target=\"_blank\">Diario Libre<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hoy.com.do\/supuesto-asesino-de-comunicadores-se-habria-matado\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hoy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/policianacional.gov.do\/noticias-principales\/nuestra-polica-nacional-avanza-en-las-investigaciones-con-relacin-a-las-muertes-de-dos-comunicadores-en-san-pedro-de-macors\" target=\"_blank\">Policia Nacional<\/a><\/p>\n<p>16 February 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media carried reports that the lead suspect in the murder of two radio broadcasters in San Pedro de Macor\u00eds may have committed suicide after he was cornered by the authorities, as reported in SIN. The body of 59-year old Jos\u00e9 Rodr\u00edguez (Jose Palmita, Joselito) reportedly was found in bushes located in front of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2017\/02\/16\/lead-suspect-in-broadcasters-murder-found-dead\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}