Trinidad: Missing Venezuelan woman killed, dumped in cesspit

Joanna Diaz, 33
Joanna Diaz, 33

(Trinidad Express) AVenezuelan woman missing for a week was found killed and dumped in a cess Pit at the home of an alleged former lover at Preysal yesterday. 

Joanna Diaz, 33, is suspected to have been strangled. 

A resident told a relative of Diaz that he heard a scream at the house at Santa Clara Road on Thursday night. 

When the body was retrieved from the pit, it already in a state of decomposition. 

The suspect, a 35 year old electrician, was arrested around 4.30 pm Friday. 

He allegedly confessed to police yesterday and led detectives to the body. 

Residents said the suspect was a cocaine-user. 

They said she was a victim of domestic violence and they had an on and off relationship. 

Officers of Homicide Region III, Freeport Police and Central Division Task Force Responded.