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08-04-2011, 12:40 PM
While Barahona was bracing itself to receive Tropical Storm Emily, a murder in the educational community has shocked the nation. The director of the El Mundito school, Fernando Carrasco Roque was sent to preventive custody for the murder of his colleague, Lenny Feliz Feliz, director of the Escuela San Rafael in Paraiso, Barahona. The motive was professional jealousy. Also accused in the case are Luis Felix Gomez and Sandro Feliz Santana, who were released on RD$30,000 bail. The gruesome murder was carried out with a hammer and the teacher's body was buried to simulate her disappearance.
Listin Diario reports that Carrasco was a protegee of Feliz, and a fellow member of the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) made up of public school teachers. The newspaper says that Feliz treated him like a brother and backed his promotions.
As reported, 37-year old Lenny Feliz was the mother of three children and was deputy mayor of the Municipal Council, representing the PLD. On the day she was murdered, 13 July, Carrasco offered to take her to Escuela Cristo Rey in Barahona, where she was taking a computer course. She never arrived. Carrasco told relatives that his motorcycle broke down and while waiting for him to repair it she was picked up by persons unknown traveling in a pick-up. He insisted on trying to convince relatives that Lenny's ex-husband Luis Arboleda might be involved. Arboleda went to the Police to report the teacher's disappearance.
Carrasco was convincing and for 22 days, the family believed she had been kidnapped by her former husband. Carrasco used Lenny's cell phone and sent messages to her sister, Dayana, a resident in Puerto Plata, on her situation. The Police were able to intercept the calls and establish the location of the phone, which led to Carrasco. They then found out that he had given the teacher's laptop to his girlfriend, Angelina Feliz, who ironically is a cousin of the victim.
As reported in the newspaper, once evidence against him was revealed, Carrasco changed his story and accused teachers Luis Amauris Feliz Gomez, 43, of the Escuela El Guayabal, and Sandro Feliz Santana, 38, of Aguita Blanca. He said they committed the crime because they felt left out as they did not receive the economic incentives Lenny Felix was getting from the Ministry of Education.
The Police seized pawnshop receipts for the victim's jewelry, and a debit card that was used to secure a loan in a shop in the community.
Carrasco said that the victim owed him RD$20,000 that he had received from a popular money savings scheme known as a "san" and had given to the teacher to fund her political campaigning.
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Listin Diario reports that Carrasco was a protegee of Feliz, and a fellow member of the Dominican Teachers Association (ADP) made up of public school teachers. The newspaper says that Feliz treated him like a brother and backed his promotions.
As reported, 37-year old Lenny Feliz was the mother of three children and was deputy mayor of the Municipal Council, representing the PLD. On the day she was murdered, 13 July, Carrasco offered to take her to Escuela Cristo Rey in Barahona, where she was taking a computer course. She never arrived. Carrasco told relatives that his motorcycle broke down and while waiting for him to repair it she was picked up by persons unknown traveling in a pick-up. He insisted on trying to convince relatives that Lenny's ex-husband Luis Arboleda might be involved. Arboleda went to the Police to report the teacher's disappearance.
Carrasco was convincing and for 22 days, the family believed she had been kidnapped by her former husband. Carrasco used Lenny's cell phone and sent messages to her sister, Dayana, a resident in Puerto Plata, on her situation. The Police were able to intercept the calls and establish the location of the phone, which led to Carrasco. They then found out that he had given the teacher's laptop to his girlfriend, Angelina Feliz, who ironically is a cousin of the victim.
As reported in the newspaper, once evidence against him was revealed, Carrasco changed his story and accused teachers Luis Amauris Feliz Gomez, 43, of the Escuela El Guayabal, and Sandro Feliz Santana, 38, of Aguita Blanca. He said they committed the crime because they felt left out as they did not receive the economic incentives Lenny Felix was getting from the Ministry of Education.
The Police seized pawnshop receipts for the victim's jewelry, and a debit card that was used to secure a loan in a shop in the community.
Carrasco said that the victim owed him RD$20,000 that he had received from a popular money savings scheme known as a "san" and had given to the teacher to fund her political campaigning.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)