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Investigators digging under the home of a suspected serial killer on the outskirts of Mexico City have so far found 3,787 bone fragments, which appear to belong to 17 different victims.
Prosecutors in the state of Mexico, which borders Mexico City, noted that the shocking discoveries may not end there. In the excavations carried out since May 17, authorities excavated the floors of the house in which the suspect lived. They now plan to extend the search to the soil beneath several other rooms he rented on the same property.
Identity cards and other belongings of people who disappeared years ago were found in the house full of junk, suggesting that the traces of the murder could go back years.
The number of bone fragments found under the concrete floors of the suspect’s home indicates that the bodies may have been cut into small pieces. This might make sense: The suspect, identified by prosecutors only as “Andres,” was a former butcher, and in fact he chipped and sliced his last victim.
“Bone fragments are subject to ‘lateral tiling’ studies, which involve carefully cleaning each part, determining which part of the body it is and then placing it in its anatomical position, providing a way to determine the approximate number of victims,” the office said in a statement Saturday.
“This analysis indicates that, to date, the bone fragments found may have belonged to 17 individuals,” the statement said.
Authorities have not released the 72-year-old suspect’s full name under Mexican laws protecting the suspect’s identity.
He was ordered to stand trial for the murder of his latest victim, a 34-year-old woman, whom he allegedly dismembered with a butcher’s saw and knives on 14 May.
He was arrested, not as a result of diligent investigative work, but because his last alleged victim was the wife of a police chief he knew personally. He was to accompany the victim on a shopping trip the day she disappeared, so her husband suspected him when she failed to return.
The police officer had access to police surveillance cameras that show that his wife entered, but did not leave, the street where the suspect lived; The policeman went home and confronted the suspect and found his wife’s dismembered body inside.
But what investigators also found were women’s clothing, voter ID cards, and audio and video tapes indicating that he may have registered his victims.
The format of the videos found in the home may indicate how far the killings have declined: authorities found 28 8mm video tapes, which were discontinued around 2007, and 25 video tapes, which had not been widely accepted by 2016.
However, older technical formats often remain in use in Mexico after being abandoned in other countries.
In all, prosecutors said they found 91 photos, many of which were of the type he uses to obtain ID cards. Eight cell phones, women’s jewelry and makeup.
Prosecutors said they were still examining bone fragments to see if they could extract any DNA to identify the victims.
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