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Court Orders Preliminary Detention After Wife Confesses in Breña Trunk Killing

Prosecutors have secured judicial preliminary detention, with forensic tests pending to verify the method and cause of death.

Overview

  • The body of Alexander Valverde Laines was found in the trunk of a car in Breña after neighbors reported a strong odor.
  • Keillys Arimar Aguilera Meneses confessed to killing her husband and is being investigated on suspicion of parricide by the Lima Centro First Corporate Criminal Prosecutor’s Office.
  • Police sources say she reported giving him sleeping pills before asphyxiating him, a claim that requires confirmation through toxicology and other analyses.
  • The autopsy was inconclusive due to advanced decomposition, and specialists plan additional examinations including entomological analysis.
  • Authorities are reviewing the timeline and any role of third parties, as relatives also report a sister-in-law missing and note the couple’s long relationship and three children.