Chicxulub Puerto, Yucatan — Police have made an arrest in the murder of a 71 year old American woman that happened last week. In custody is 43 year old Damon Royce “N”, the woman’s son.
Members of the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) of the State Investigative Police (PEI), made the arrest Thursday. Police say the man in custody is originally from St. Petersburg, Florida.
In a statement, the SSP (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública) said “he is likely responsible for the murder of his own mother, Linda L. J., 71, also an American national.”
Linda “N” was killed April 16 inside her home in the seaside community of Chicxulub Puerto in the state of Yucatan. Police say she was strangled to death before being stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in a nearby area. Her son is the main suspect.
“The events occurred between the afternoon and evening of Wednesday the 16th at the woman’s home on 17-B Street and 48th Street in Chicxulub Puerto, municipality of Progreso.
“According to the complaint and evidence obtained by the investigating police and prosecutors, the suspect was alone in the house with his mother. He allegedly beat her repeatedly, placed a rope around her neck and pressed until she stopped breathing. The cause of death was asphyxiation by strangulation,” they reported.
“He stuffed the body into a suitcase and placed it on top of a black bag which he dragged for several blocks until he reached a construction site. There was a ditch next to the fence of the building where he hid the body which was found by authorities Tuesday,” the SSP said in their statement.
Yucatan police say a judge issued an arrest warrant for the 43 year old man who is currently facing charges of aggravated femicide.
