(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.