María Paula Peláez
Age 3531 Mar 2025
Armenia, Quindio (Colombia)
Asphyxiated
Maria was murdered by a client in a hotel room on the Trans Day of Visibility. A suspect was arrested while fleeing the scene.
While attempting to escape after murdering a trans woman in the city of Armenia, National Police officers in Quindío captured a man.
The murder of María Paula Peláez, as she was known within the LGBTIQ+ community, was reported yesterday, Monday, March 31, in the early hours of the morning.
The situation, according to Colonel Luis Fernando Atuesta Zárate, was reported at approximately 12:30 a.m. by the manager of a hotel located on calle 15 and Avenida 18 in the capital of Quindío, after noticing the situation.
And the officer said that, according to this person's account, a couple had entered the place approximately an hour earlier, but strangely, only one of the customers had left, so he decided to go and check that everything was okay.
However, when he knocked on the door of the room and found no answer, he decided to open it to see what was happening, and it was at that moment that he discovered the body.
He immediately contacted the authorities, and the units in the area were dispatched to the scene to verify the incident, effectively confirming that a person was dead, with signs of violence on his neck.
Thus determining that it had been a murder by means of asphyxiation in what was apparently an act of intolerance, the police reacted quickly and, with the information provided by witnesses, proceeded to review the security cameras in the area, managing to locate the alleged murderer a few minutes later, as he tried to leave the area.
They then proceeded to notify the 37-year-old individual of his rights as a captured person. They then took him to the Attorney General's Office for his respective prosecution, clarifying that he had no prior criminal record.
https://transmisoraquindio.com/a-la-carcel-sindicado-de-asesinar-a-mujer-trans-en-hotel-de-armenia/
https://cronicadelquindio.com/judicial/mujer-trans-fue-asesinada-en-armenia/
https://x.com/180gradosdigita/status/1907145033033163186
