MP investigates possible wrongful death for death of mother and daughter in sinkhole
The Public Ministry (MP) reported this Tuesday, October 4, that the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office of Villa Nueva indicated that preliminary will be taken as a manslaughter case of the death of Olga Emilia Choz Ulin, 38, and her daughter, Hellen Michelle Mejía Choz, 15.
Both died when the vehicle in which they were traveling It fell into the sinkhole that was formed on September 24 on the Concepción road in the aforementioned municipality.
The investigating entity added that the progress of the investigations The responsibility of the person responsible will be determined.
The mayor of Villa Nueva, Javier Gramajo, informed La Red that last weekend no work was done in the area because the MP’s investigations were being carried out for the two people who lost their lives.
On September 30, the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) reported that after the discovery, the bodies were transferred to the morgue in zone 3 of the capital.
He stressed that being a fact that is under investigation, the cause of death will be informed in a timely manner by the corresponding authorities.
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That day, family and friends they said goodbye to mother and daughter in the capital, then both were transferred to Totonicapán.
This case caused an impact on a national scale, since the victims were located inside the vehicle in the tunnel in Villa Nueva.
