Playa del Carmen, Q.R. — Police found a dead man in west Playa del Carmen Monday in what is described as an attempted murder-suicide. Neighbors called police after hearing a couple argue and a woman yelling for help.
Police were called to the admitting hospital around 1:00 p.m. Monday by neighbors who heard the commotion and rushed the to woman to hospital. The incident happened in Los Pájaros in northwest Playa del Carmen.
Neighbors found the woman inside the house who had been attacked with a machete by the man. They took her in a taxi to a nearby hospital where she was admitted with several serious injuries including a hit to her head.
Responding officers found a deceased man, believed responsible for the machete attack, inside the property. According to early information, the man is believed to have killed himself by hanging.
Agents from the State Attorney General’s Office arrived at the home to begin the corresponding investigation, while Municipal officers met the neighbor at the hospital to take his statement.
