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08-01-2011, 02:20 PM
A minor who had been promised RD$15,000 has confessed to having fired the shot that killed 29-year old Yesenia Altagracia Rivera last week. She was murdered by a gunshot, and then sprayed with gasoline and set alight in her BMW parked off Avenida Venezuela in Santo Domingo East.
Initially, the prime suspect was her former husband, accused by the victim's family of harassment and violence against her in the past. But police investigations traced the murder to Carlos Lopez Capellan, who confessed to having fired the shot. He said he was hired by 23-year old Emilio Rafael Trinidad Mendoza, Rivera's partner in a money-lending business. Trinidad Mendoza was a cousin of the victim.
El Caribe reports that Trinidad Mendoza owed Rivera RD$400,000.
As reported, Trinidad lent the money to fellow employees at a shopping center where he worked.
Also accused in the case is 18-year old Willy Feliz, the motorcyclist who drove Capellan when he fired the shot. He said he was contracted for RD$1,000 to follow the victim's car.
District prosecutor Perfecto Acosta said that Trinidad had a lending deal going using money provided by Yesenia and agreed to meet at the La Sirena parking lot on Autopista San Isidro where he was employed and where he would deliver some money to her. He then boarded Capellan, saying he was a friend from work, and they drove to Av. Sabana Larga where Capellan said he killed Rivera with the shot fired from behind.
Acosta said that the minor's statements would have to be confirmed.
Reportedly, after Rivera had been killed, he sat on her and then drove to a gas station where he bought a gallon of gasoline and spread it on the woman and car after parking it on Avenida Venezuela.
The Police said that they initially suspected Trinidad while discussing the possible murderers with the family, and Trinidad insisted on pointing to the former husband as the killer. The Police noticed he had a burn on his lip. Moreover, a notebook found in the car listing the debts included the name of Trinidad Mendoza as owing RD$400,000, making him a leading suspect.
Trinidad confessed and said he decided to kill her because she was pressing him for a cell phone and money that he had to pay back. He said his plan was to keep the lending business.
The two adults were sent to preventive custody for three months and the minor to the Department of Minors.
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Initially, the prime suspect was her former husband, accused by the victim's family of harassment and violence against her in the past. But police investigations traced the murder to Carlos Lopez Capellan, who confessed to having fired the shot. He said he was hired by 23-year old Emilio Rafael Trinidad Mendoza, Rivera's partner in a money-lending business. Trinidad Mendoza was a cousin of the victim.
El Caribe reports that Trinidad Mendoza owed Rivera RD$400,000.
As reported, Trinidad lent the money to fellow employees at a shopping center where he worked.
Also accused in the case is 18-year old Willy Feliz, the motorcyclist who drove Capellan when he fired the shot. He said he was contracted for RD$1,000 to follow the victim's car.
District prosecutor Perfecto Acosta said that Trinidad had a lending deal going using money provided by Yesenia and agreed to meet at the La Sirena parking lot on Autopista San Isidro where he was employed and where he would deliver some money to her. He then boarded Capellan, saying he was a friend from work, and they drove to Av. Sabana Larga where Capellan said he killed Rivera with the shot fired from behind.
Acosta said that the minor's statements would have to be confirmed.
Reportedly, after Rivera had been killed, he sat on her and then drove to a gas station where he bought a gallon of gasoline and spread it on the woman and car after parking it on Avenida Venezuela.
The Police said that they initially suspected Trinidad while discussing the possible murderers with the family, and Trinidad insisted on pointing to the former husband as the killer. The Police noticed he had a burn on his lip. Moreover, a notebook found in the car listing the debts included the name of Trinidad Mendoza as owing RD$400,000, making him a leading suspect.
Trinidad confessed and said he decided to kill her because she was pressing him for a cell phone and money that he had to pay back. He said his plan was to keep the lending business.
The two adults were sent to preventive custody for three months and the minor to the Department of Minors.
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