The 21-year-old Nicaraguan Anggy Díaz was murdered by her husband identified as Jared James Dicus, who reportedly beheaded her at her home in Waller County, Texas, in the United States.
According to county sheriff statements, Troy Guidry, the crime occurred on the afternoon of this Wednesday, January 11. “The suspect was there, the suspect was detained at the scene. His family was the one who called us, the suspect’s father was the one who called 911 and he was arrested as soon as we arrived at the home, “said the sheriff.
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In addition, he assured that “the evidence shows us” that Dicus “used a kitchen knife” to decapitate the young Nicaraguan woman, who was originally from the municipality of El Viejo, in the department of Chinandega.
This Friday, January 13, Anggy Díaz would be three months old after marrying Jared Dicus. They had married in October 2022.
The couple lived in a house behind Dicus’s parents’ house. According to the Sheriff, Díaz worked in a place near the house where she was found dead.
Jared Discus was taken into custody and is expected to face murder charges, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Between the morning of Sunday, January 8, and Wednesday, January 12, five Nicaraguan women were murdered abroad, three lost their lives in Costa Rica, one in Guatemala, and Anggy Díaz, in the United States.
Nicaragua finished 2022 with more than 60 femicides, according to the observatory of the feminist organization Catholics for the Right to Decide. So far this year, no women have been reported murdered in the country, but they have been abroad.
