The Attorney General’s Office prosecuted Juan David Sepúlveda Van Leenden, 35, as the alleged perpetrator of the murder of his two uncles, which occurred on August 10 in Santa Marta (Magdalena).
This man apparently entered the building where his relatives lived, near the public market, where he allegedly attacked them with a knife, causing their death.
The defendant was recorded by security cameras buying a bladed weapon, which, according to investigations, was allegedly used to commit the double crime.
It is remarkable for investigators that the murder of the victims took place in the midst of a family dispute over an inheritance.
Sepúlveda Van Leenden turned himself in to the National Police. The prosecutor charged him with aggravated homicide. He did not plead guilty to the charges.
After approving the request made by the Office of the Attorney General y, a judge imposed a preventive detention measure that must be served in La Tramacúa Prison in Valledupar (Cesar).
The information contained in this press release corresponds to the narration of the objective news provided by the officials in charge of carrying out criminal investigations within the Office of the Attorney General. By the time this communication is disclosed, the legal status of the people mentioned is still pending to be resolved by the competent judicial authority, always under the presumption of innocence contemplated by Article 29 of the Political Constitution and Article 7 of Law 906 of 2004.