SANTO DOMINGO.- The National District Prosecutor’s Office was working this morning on the preparation of the request for a coercive measure against a mechanic arrested last Tuesday in relation to the death of the dentist Lyda Josefina Amell Bogaert, 45, whose body was found in the back seat of his vehicle, on Expreso V Centenario avenue, on July 27 of this year.
José Luis Fermín Díaz (El Chamo or Venezuela), 30 years old, remained detained this morning in the jail of the Palace of Justice of Ciudad Nueva, waiting to be called to learn about the coercive measure that the prosecution of the National District will deposit against it.
Fermín Díaz was located and arrested on Francisco Villa Espesa street, in the Villa Juana sector, on Tuesday afternoon, in response to search and arrest warrant number 0028-Agosto-202, issued by a judge from the Office of Attention Permanent.
The information in this regard provided by the Police does not indicate the degree of his participation in the event, and is only limited to saying that he was arrested for being linked to the death of the dentist Bogaert.
Police agents, attached to the Homicide Investigations Department, participated in the arrest of Fermín Díaz, in coordination with representatives of the Public Ministry.
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The body of Lyda Josefina Amell Bogaert was found on the night of July 27 inside the white SUV Dodge, Durango, plate G387712, where it was lifted by personnel from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif).
“The location and arrest of Fermín Díaz materialized thanks to hard investigative and intelligence work carried out jointly between police officers and representatives of the National District Prosecutor’s Office,” explains the Police.
Bogaert, according to the Police, had met José Luis Fermín Díaz (El Chamo or Venezuela) through vehicle mechanic services.