Overview
- West Lombok Police disclosed on September 18 that a September 4 forensic exam determined Muñoz died by asphyxia with blunt-force trauma to the head, neck and chest.
- Investigators have detained an employee and a former employee of the Bumi Aditya hotel who, according to police, confessed to killing her in her bungalow on July 2.
- Police say the body was kept in the hotel’s generator room, moved to a rear area and then a vacant lot, and ultimately buried on a Senggigi beach on August 24.
- Authorities report the theft of 3 million rupiah (about $182) and plan to seek charges of premeditated murder and robbery with violence resulting in death.
- Family members say they learned the autopsy results through media reports and criticize Indonesian authorities for not informing them directly.