A 19-year-old man was arrested in western Mexico after he was spotted walking in broad daylight holding his sister’s head.
The suspect, identified as Sebastián, allegedly murdered Julieta, 26, in the municipality of Quiroga on Saturday, the Michoacán state prosecutor’s office said.
Bystanders saw Sebastián walking with Julieta’s head near a government-run clinic and called the police.
Michoacán State Police agents found the teenager steps away from the clinic and arrested him without incident and confiscated a rifle that he was carrying.
Cops in the western Mexican state of Michoacán found the head of 29-year-old Julieta near a gas station Saturday after her 19-year-old brother, Sebastián, was seen walking with it. Authorities arrested Sebastián near a clinic and confiscated a rifle.
The Michoacán state prosecutor’s office is investigating 19-year-old Sebastián for allegedly murdering his 29-year-old sister, Julieta. Sebastián was arrested in the municipality of Quiroga on Saturday after residents spotted him walking with his Julieta’s head, which was found near her body at a gas station
Authorities found Julieta’s naked corpse lying on the ground at gas station about 820 feet away from the clinic.
The head was located several feet away from the body.
Sebastián is currently being held by the Michoacán state prosecutor’s office while he is investigated for the alleged crime.
As of Monday, authorities had not said why Sebastián murdered his sister and if any other people were involved.
The shoes of a 19-year-old male, who was arrested in Quiroga, Mexico on Saturday, lie on the ground at a gas station where his sister’s head was found near her body
A police officer stand’s near the headless body of a 29-year-old woman in Quiroga, Mexico
The gruesome finding was reminiscent of the discovery cops in the State of Mexico municipality of San Mateo Atenco made when they arrested Lev Norman carrying the head of Lucero Yazmin inside a backpack in October 2022.
The suspect was walking along an avenue with his body covered in blood when residents called the police.
The man was under the influence of drugs and was arrested and taken to a police station.
He confessed to the crime and provided the location of Yazmin’s body.