Overview
- Juan Virgilio Garay Arca, 35, is in preliminary detention and confessed to killing 26-year-old Karen Martínez Ibarra during interrogations.
- Escorted by police and the Ministerio Público, he was brought back to the San Ramón de Pangoa residence for investigative procedures, prompting street protests demanding life imprisonment.
- Investigators uncovered the victim's remains buried in black sacks on the property, with experts describing advanced incineration and dismemberment.
- The Ministerio Público classified the crime as aggravated femicide, which under Peruvian law can be punished with a life sentence if aggravating factors are confirmed.
- Authorities activated protection protocols for the couple's one-year-old daughter as the maternal family moves to secure custody.