Four suspects held over murder of Dominican singer Julián Oro Duro's wife
The artist was seriously injured and his wife, 60-year-old Zeneida Socorro Castillo, was killed. Investigators say she was tortured for six hours at their Santo Domingo home.
The Dominican Republic's National Police has identified the four suspects in the attack on the home of merengue singer Gilberto Julián Sarante, better known as Julián Oro Duro, in which his wife, Zeneida Socorro Castillo, 60, was killed and the performer was left seriously injured. All four of the alleged perpetrators are already in custody.Those arrested have been named as Phillips Michael Tejeda Vásquez, Juan Carlos Hernández García, alias Peña, Kevin Dariel Germán Troncoso, known as Yandel, 23, and Lawrence Mark Liranzo Marcos, alias Chiquito, 18.
The latter was detained after an intensive search by the police. According to investigators, the four suspects had work-related or trusted links to the artist's inner circle.Tejeda Vásquez worked as an air conditioning technician and carried out private jobs at properties owned by Julián Oro Duro. The investigation suggests that he is believed to have contacted the other suspects. Liranzo Marcos, for his part, knew the family and worked at a villa the singer was having built in Guerra.The attack took place on 21 September, when the artist returned to his home in Brisa Oriental VI, in Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic, and was ambushed by the assailants after his wife had been held for hours.
According to the investigation, Castillo is thought to have been tortured for several hours before being killed.The singer suffered traumatic brain injuries in the assault and is still recovering. The police and the Public Prosecutor's Office continue to gather evidence about the crime. The case has caused deep shock in the Dominican Republic.