Overview

• Alexander Valverde Laines was found in the trunk of a car in Breña after his body had been kept in the family home, where a relative says it was hidden under a bed.
• His wife, Keily or Keillys Aguilera Meneses, confessed to killing him and told reporters it happened during an argument on September 21.
• Investigators are processing a request for her preliminary detention and say they doubt she acted alone based on inconsistencies in her account.
• A necropsy could not establish the cause of death because the body was in an advanced state of decomposition after roughly 11 days.
• Family members say the relationship appeared normal, a neighbor recalls a child’s birthday party at the home on October 1, and a relative says a sister-in-law is missing.