Jimena Jerónimo12 years, disappeared in the San Luis village, San Sebastián, Retalhuleu. His body was found on April 18 between bushes. This May 1 was reported to capture his alleged murderer: Franklin “N”, whom The authorities identify as cousin of the victim.
The information provided by the National Civil Police (PNC) indicates that, by deception or under the influence of some drugs, the girl would have addressed a motorcycle in which Franklin “N” was also traveling, as established from images captured by video surveillance cameras.
The intention would have been sexually assaulting it and, in order not to leave traces of the crime, the detainee – positively with the participation of others involved – I would have hit her until she causes her death and abandoned his body in a desolate place.
Franklin “N”, 22, was captured during a raid in a residential house Buenaventura, Phase I, Canton Ocosito, San Sebastián, Retalhuleu. The diligence was directed by the Fiscal Agency of the Court of First Instance of Crimes of Femicide and other forms of violence against women and sexual violence of Retalhuleu.
He is pointed out of the crime of femicide. In the place a multicolored green chumpa was packed. It is presumed that the motorcycle in which it was led was borrowed, according to Inspector Edwin Monroy, spokesman for the PNC.
A live broadcast on social networks shows Jimena Jerónimo Argueta in a party in the El Zapote sector, San Sebastián, Retalhuleu, hours before being localized without life. The video will be a key piece in the investigations developed by the authorities.
The case of the death of the child, whose body was located last Saturday, April 19 on a dirt road in the Buenaventura Lotification, San Sebastián, took an unexpected turn, since in videos published on social networks it is observed dancing in the company of other girls in the El Zapote sector, village San Luis, of the same municipality.
Captured the alleged girl’s murderer in Retalhuleu
Franklin Gustavo Aceituno Argueta, accused of the femicide of a girl in San Sebastián, Retalhuleu has been captured in a house in the Los Recinos hamlet, Aldea San Luis, San Sebastián, Retalhuleu. pic.twitter.com/n4MTISIKK
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