A chief inspector of the Scientific, Criminal and Criminal Investigations Corps (Cicpc), attached to the Las Tejerías Municipal Delegation, Aragua state, murdered his sentimental partner during an argument on Sunday, March 12.
The crime occurred on Cajigal street, near the Star Center Shopping Center, located in Cagua, Sucre municipality of Aragua state, at four in the morning.
The victim, a Colombian national, was identified as Andrea Paola Ortiz Benítez, 29 years old; while the Cicpc official responds to the name of Lenny Gerardo Cabeza Velásquez, 48 years old.
Witnesses to the incident informed the police that the couple had an argument inside a red Ford Explorer model van. In the middle of the dispute, Cabeza Velásquez pulled out a firearm and shot the young woman.
The murderer fled the scene and was later arrested. Cicpc officials were in charge of removing the corpse and opening the investigations of the case.
With information from El Pitazo
