Overview
- Peru’s judiciary approved preliminary detention for Keillys Arymar Aguilera Meneses after she confessed to killing her husband, Alexander Valverde Laines.
- Valverde’s body was found on Oct. 2 in the trunk of a car parked on block 9 of Jirón Huaraz in Breña.
- Police records state the killing occurred on Sept. 21 following disputes, the body was kept under a bed for several days, and it was moved to the car on Sept. 29.
- Neighbors alerted authorities to a foul odor; officers used SUNARP to identify the vehicle, located Aguilera nearby, and confirmed a body after her initial refusal to open the trunk.
- Aguilera, a 42-year-old Venezuelan, is under investigation for alleged parricide by the Lima Centro First Corporate Criminal Prosecutor’s Office (Fifth Bureau), and the couple had three children.