QCOSTARICA — Tamara Centendo was reported missing on Thursday. On Friday, the following day, the 20-year-old girl, originally from San Ramón, Alajuela, was found dead on a street with difficult access in La Granja de Palmares, inside a black bag.
Shortly after, the Organismo de Investigacion Judicial (OIJ) – Judicial Agency – arrested the only suspect in the case, the young girl’s husband, a 60-year old American man, identified by his last name, Moriondo.
He was detained at the San Ramón Hospital where he was taken by the Red Cross, where he was treated for a self-inflicted injury.
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An autopsy was performed on Saturday. According to Rándall Zúñiga, director of the OIJ, the autopsy revealed that Centeno died of asphyxiation. In addition, she had bruises on different parts of her body.
OIJ encuentra cuerpo dentro de una bolsa que se presume es de Tamara Centeno cerca de calle La Granja en Palmares. El sospechoso está detenido desde hace unas horas y es el cónyuge de 60 años de edad. Un nuevo posible femicidio, que se resuelve aún antes de encontrar el cuerpo.
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The young woman was four months pregnant and her relatives believe that this could have been the reason that led her husband to end her life.
Monday afternoon, the Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that Tamara Centeno’s husband must serve one year of preventive detention as a suspect in the femicide.
“The Deputy Prosecutor’s Office of San Ramón obtained a one-year preventive detention order against a man with the surname Moriondo, suspected of committing a crime of femicide, against Tamara Centeno Murillo. The precautionary measure was notified by the Criminal Court of the area, today (Monday).
“The investigation against the accused began on January 23, after the mother of the victim filed a complaint for her disappearance. After this alert, the Prosecutor’s Office ordered the arrest of the suspect, while a series of proceedings were carried out,” indicated the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
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