But on the heels of the gruesome killing of Ramon Cervantes Jr., police ended up finding another body. Tonight we can confirm that police have positively identified her as 46 year-old Sonia Maribel Abac, a domestic worker and masseuse from Orange Walk Town who went missing 3 months ago.
Now, her case is as bizarre and unexplained as the killing of Ramon Cervantes Sr., and as we told you tonight, the same men who were the suspects for Cervantes' murder, ended up leading police to Abac's body.
There is some symmetry in the cases: first, police are seeking Manuel Castillo once again for questioning in connection with her murder. Second, one of the men who is now charged for Cervantes' murder told police about her body's location. Police went searching for her yesterday, and today her remains were found, badly decomposed. The final connection between the two is that her body was disposed of in a well on a farm directly adjacent to the one where Cervantes was killed.
Late this evening, ACP Russell Blackett, the head of NCIB briefed the media about the details they have so far:
ACP Russell Blackett - Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch
"As I mentioned on Sunday during my interview that we will be doing an intensive investigation. The investigation revealed a lot of information. We have a lot more to follow and the same suspects that took us to Mister Cervantes body were the same one who took us to this farm where Miss Abac was thrown in a well about sixteen feet deep and buried."
Mike Rudon - Channel 5 News
"Sir, were you able to get any information from those persons who took you to the site as to the facts leading up to the death of Miss Abac?"
ACP Russell Blackett
"Whilst I cannot disclose the evidence, I can assure you that we have a clear view of what took place."
Daniel Ortiz
"Sir, Could you tell us what the officers found exactly in this particular location?"
ACP Russell Blackett
"Well, the body was badly decomposed, mostly the torso. Obviously she was hit with some blunt object; her right jaw was broken and after that she was thrown in the well."
Alindy Marisol Amaya - News Director, KREM News
"Sir can you say how long ago she had been reported missing if she was?"
ACP Russell Blackett
"The twenty-third of April; this year to be exact."
As we've said, our news team is coming back from Orange Walk at this time, and we'll have more on this story tomorrow.
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