The Homicide Group of the

National Police

in Malaga has already arrested three people in relation to the discovery this Tuesday of the lifeless body of a woman inside a sewer in Malaga.

Just 24 hours after the body was found, the agents arrested one of the deceased's children, a 22-year-old who is accused of murder and robbery with violence.

And 48 hours later the police proceeded to arrest a minor, unrelated to the family, also for his alleged responsibility in what happened and who is charged with the same crimes as the victim's son.

The second of the arrests of the day, the third in relation to the events, has been that of a 38-year-old woman who allegedly covered up the son of the deceased.

In the case of the woman and as explained by the National Police in Malaga, she was scheduled to give a statement this Thursday and then she would be released with charges.

The other two detainees in relation to their alleged responsibility in the death of the victim, the youngest of his children and the minor, remain in prison awaiting their bringing to justice this Friday.

The Detainee Guard Court will take care of the son of the deceased and the 17-year-old will be taken care of by the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office.

In light of the investigations carried out by the agents of the Malaga Homicide Group during these first days of investigation, all the hypotheses point to robbery and drugs as the main motive for the incident, the sources consulted by EL MUNDO have confirmed.

The son of the woman found dead and the minor - both arrested at the moment - assaulted the victim at her home where, according to the data collected, they would have ended her life.

In the following days, the two investigated would have disposed of the body, throwing it to the place where it was finally located at the beginning of the week.

Despite the advanced state of decomposition in which the body was found, which has made its identification considerably difficult, the experts of the Scientific Police have been able to determine the identity of the deceased, a woman of approximately 60 years who would respond to the name by

Angela Merida

.

Angela's lifeless body appeared this Tuesday around noon inside a chest about eight meters deep in a vacant lot near the apartment where she lived in the Teatinos neighborhood, an area of ​​urban expansion north of the capital of Malaga. in which numerous university students and young families reside.

He was wrapped in a sheet and had a rope around his neck.

The victim had been praying as missing since May 23 and everything indicates that they could have taken his life just a few days after his brother reported his disappearance, as they have specified from the police environment.

Although to date the specific causes of death are unknown, the sources consulted have already confirmed from the outset that it was a violent death and point to strangulation, something for which we will have to wait for the autopsy report that they are carrying out the forensic doctors and the results of the investigation that is in charge of the Homicide Group of the Provincial Police Station.


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