Police arrest man accused of killing his partner in Sosúa early Saturday morning

Members of the Preventive Police arrested Danny Arias García at a bus stop in the municipality of Imbert; he is accused of killing his romantic partner, Glenny Rosa Ciriaco, 43.

According to the preliminary report, Ciriaco died of mechanical asphyxiation (hanging) while they were at their residence, located in the Los Charamicos neighborhood of Sosúa, in the early hours of the morning. Her body was found on Saturday morning.

Within hours, police units under the command of the Northern Regional Director of the National Police, General Pablo Francisco Ortega Brito, and Colonel Carlos Gómez of the Northern Regional Sub-Directorate of the Department of Criminal Investigations (Dicrim), apprehended the perpetrator.

Preliminary information indicates that the victim had recently gone to the District Attorney’s Office to request a restraining order against Arias García.

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