{"id":506442,"date":"2026-05-02T09:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/from-heart-attack-to-alleged-crime-they-investigate-the-death-of-an-elderly-woman-in-cotui\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T09:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:17:37","slug":"from-heart-attack-to-alleged-crime-they-investigate-the-death-of-an-elderly-woman-in-cotui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/from-heart-attack-to-alleged-crime-they-investigate-the-death-of-an-elderly-woman-in-cotui\/","title":{"rendered":"From “heart attack” to alleged crime: they investigate the death of an elderly woman in Cotu\u00ed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cotu\u00ed.- <\/em><\/strong>The death of a 69-year-old woman in the La Altagracia sector, in the municipality of Cotu\u00ed, has taken a significant turn after new evidence pointed to a possible criminal act, according to authorities.<\/p>\n\n\nThe case is being investigated by the Central Directorate of Investigation (DICRIM<\/a>), after inconsistencies were detected between the initial cause of death and subsequent findings.\n\n\n

Read more: Wave of assaults in Cotu\u00ed: they rob a barbershop and a bank on the same night<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe victim was identified as Honoria de Jes\u00fas Rosa Moreno, known as \u201cEdita\u201d, who was found lifeless on the night of Sunday, April 26, in her residence, located behind a tire repair shop.\n\nInitially, the death was attributed to a presumed heart attack, according to the death certificate issued after his transfer to a health center. However, days later, family members reviewed security cameras, which raised doubts about this version.\n\nThe images show that a man entered the house in the morning of the same Sunday, after asking the woman to let him in. The victim lived alone.\n\nThe authorities identified the alleged involved as Orlando Ruiz, alias \u201cTrini\u201d and\/or \u201cTrinitario\u201d, 33 years old, residing in Cotu\u00ed, S\u00e1nchez Ram\u00edrez province. According to reports, the individual had recently left the Palo Hincado penitentiary center.\n\nNational Police agents seized the hard drive of the home’s surveillance system as part of the investigative process.\n\nThe suspect was arrested on Thursday afternoon and remains in custody at the Cotu\u00ed police detachment, while investigations continue to clarify the circumstances of the event.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cotu\u00ed.- The death of a 69-year-old woman in the La Altagracia sector, in the municipality of Cotu\u00ed, has taken a significant turn after new evidence pointed to a possible criminal act, according to authorities. The case is being investigated by the Central Directorate of Investigation (DICRIM), after inconsistencies were detected between the initial cause of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":506443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18154,40337,611,14719,40231,43661,40698,41186],"class_list":["post-506442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","tag-cotui","tag-death","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dicrim","tag-dominican-republic","tag-old-woman","tag-research","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-27Kq","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/PN.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/PN.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}