A 65-year-old teacher died this Monday when he received several machete blows from his neighbor, who had previously threatened him in the sector of Lost Savannah.
Is about Juan Antonio Solano Betanceswho died from serious injuries after being intercepted by José Andrés Rodríguez Castro when he was leaving a church.
“The guy from the corporation told me that the owner of that house was killed, he is lying there, that’s when I found out and I had to run out because he was in a robe,” said those close to the victim.
«Oh my God, he threatened him and told him that he was going to kill him and Juan filed a complaint against him and they tell me about a teacher that he also told her husband that he was going to kill him. kill“, added another neighbor.
Family and friends called for justice so that the crime does not go unpunished.
“We want justice because some say he was supposedly mentally ill, others said he was on drugs but made a mistake and must pay,” they said.
The body of the teacher is in the National Institute of Forensic Sciences that operates in the Cristo Redentor cemetery.
What the police said
Police officers assigned to the Santo Domingo Norte Regional Directorate arrested a 39-year-old man, accused of having caused the death of another 65-year-old man through multiple wounds with a machete, in an incident that occurred in the Sábana Perdida sector of that demarcation.
The detainee has been identified as José Andrés Rodríguez Castro, who is accused of attacking Mr. Juan Antonio Solano Betances. Solano Betances died from serious injuries after being intercepted as he was leaving a church in the aforementioned sector.
The National Police reported that the reasons that led to this tragic event are under investigation.
The detainee will be placed at the disposal of justice for the corresponding legal purposes.
