The Public Ministry reported that the Popatún Municipal Prosecutor’s Office investigates a finding occurred on May 24 inside the Adventist Training Institute of Peténknown by its acronym as ICAP.
He added that the property is located in the Las Lajas hamlet, of the aforementioned municipality. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, in that place, at approximately 5 pm, the body of a teenager of approximately 13 years was located.
At the time of processing the criminal scenario, it was found that the victim did not present visible signs of violence, and it was determined that he died from suffocation by suspension; However, it will be the National Institute of Forensic Sciences that determined if it presented some type of injury and the exact causes of death, said the Prosecutor’s Office.
He added that the place of the finding was duly documented and a cell phone was packed.
The initial details of the investigation suggest that death could have been a suicide; However, the Prosecutor’s Office continues to carry out investigation proceedings and analyzing the interviews conducted, in order to obtain the historical truth of the facts, said the Public Ministry.
According to the preliminary investigation of the National Civil Police (PNC), the director of the aforementioned educational establishment reported that, at approximately 17.20, a person from the institute arrived and notified that, in the fourth 18 – where the students spend the night – was the least hung with a tie, so they alerted the authorities. In addition, they stated that they are unaware of the reason why the adolescent would have taken his life.
The National Civil Police reported that, at 5:30 p.m. on the day of the event, agents made a citizen security tour and the person in charge of the 62-5-1 substation indicated that they verified the report on a person deceased in the ICAP.
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According to the PNC, the cause of death was asphyxiation by suspension, and the body had a wound in the neck and another in the right arm.
The ICAP, through a circular, informed parents that, due to an unforeseen situation, the suspension of activities will end on June 1.