To the list of traffic accident deaths that are common in Holy Weekanother fatality was added to that of 2022: the deaths of women at the hands of close men or by their ex-partners.
Of the five ladies murdered during the month of April that are recorded, three were between Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday.
This rainy Monday afternoon, in the sector The Garcias of kilometer 22 of the Duarte highwayrelatives watched over the remains of Estefany Acevedo, a 24-year-old woman who was allegedly strangled by her partner and father of two children, nicknamed “Antony”.
According to the version of relatives, the tragedy occurred in the house where both lived in the early hours of Easter Sunday in Lost Savannah, North Santo Domingoand after committing the act, he fled in the young woman’s car without until now National Police find your location.
A neighbor informed the young woman’s mother by phone about the tragedy, which occurred between 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning, according to Rafael Soriano Pacheco, a relative of the young woman.
“We do not know what was the reason that triggered this fatal outcome”Relative of the victim.
“When they came here, a harmonious profile was presented… What happens is that we were unaware and we are surprised by the fact, because we did not expect that kind of outcome of that relationship,” said the man.
The body was taken to Christ the Redeemer Cemetery for autopsy purposes and this Tuesday he will be given the last goodbye in the holy field of the community.
Estefany had a small nail business and her partner and main suspect in her death had a skirt. An uncertain future awaits their children, according to the relative. They are in the house of some shepherds until the guardianship is defined.
Murderer could be in San José de Ocoa
“Please, this is not just another case, but that Justice act drastically against this person who has left three children orphaned and who has left an immersed pain that has seized this family,” Soriano Pacheco pleads.
The relatives have the knowledge that the family of the alleged killer is from San José de Ocoa. “That way they may have a clue where to start, because the truth is that we need the truth to act in this case.”
The other five victims in April
According to press reports, also on Easter Sunday, a man identified as Wandy Hernández killed his wife Jelissa Paulino, 23 years oldand the mother of this Ivelisse Corona, 41. The incident occurred in Sosúa, Puerto Plata.
On Holy Thursday, a man killed his ex-mother-in-law Queen Margarita Perez Mellamother of Raquelita Guerra, former contestant on the MasterChef RD program.
On April 10, a man took the life of his partner and committed suicide in the La Escalera community of the Altamira municipality, Puerto Plata.
