Cancun, Q.R. — Three people are in custody for their role in the murder of a 16 year old Cancun boy. Two of three people arrested in relation to his death are also minors.
Police found the teen’s body stuffed inside a refrigerator on a dirt road in SM 214 of Cancun on April 5. The body was found decapitated.
According to Raciel López Salazar, Quintana Roo state prosecutor, the victim was identified as Víctor Manuel “P,” a 16 year old with an active Amber Alert when he was found.
Police made the discovery off Galaxias del Sol Avenue due to an anonymous tip.
“Three people have already been arrested for their probable involvement in the aggravated homicide of this teenager. They were apprehended in separate operations in Prado Norte,” he said.
López Salazar reported that the three people have been named as Antonio “N”, Justin “N” and Alexis “N”, the latter two also being minors.
All three were taken in as suspects after being located near Laurelillo Street in the Prado Norte neighborhood. López Salazar said they used a white Nissan to abandon the body inside a refrigerator that they had also removed from the house where the boy was killed.
According to the police investigation, the murder occurred inside a house in the Prado Norte neighborhood, which has already been searched by authorities. Inside the house, traces of blood were found as well as a knife, a machete, a hammer and plastic parts from the refrigerator.
According to López Salazar, the two minors allegedly participated in cleaning the house after the murder while the adult and other accomplices were allegedly responsible for transporting and abandoning the body. Police did not provide a possible motive for the killing.
