Police: Puerto Rico man hangs daughter, self

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico police say a 30-year-old man apparently hanged his 4-year-old daughter from a backyard tree and then used another noose to kill himself.

Police spokesman Anibal Cortes said a neighbor discovered the bodies hanging from the same tree Sunday morning in the eastern mountain town of San Lorenzo.

Cortez says Pedro Montanez Montanez was being investigated for domestic violence allegations reported two weeks ago by his estranged wife, the mother of the young girl.

Investigators say no further details were immediately available, citing an ongoing probe,

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7 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    October 13, 2011

    :/

  2. sunshine
    July 15, 2011

    I’ll say it again. There are lots and lots of interesting, beautiful and refreshed stories around the world that can be presented to Dominicans. Please stop thrusting these heinous crimes of other cultures. These crimes are so foreign to the Dominican psyche, that one needs a very,very strong stomach to take this daily dose.

    • hello sunshine
      July 17, 2011

      News is news. We can learn a lesson from each report. If you are not interested in reading certain articles, then don’t. No one is compelling you to read them. Remember we all have freedom of choice.

  3. Zor
    July 15, 2011

    i do not know how to rate this crime, it’s beyond anything i’ve known

  4. Anonymous
    July 12, 2011

    WOW…WOW…WOW.

  5. .
    July 11, 2011

    :(

  6. Pnuts
    July 11, 2011

    WHAT A SHAME I must say; domestic violence. That child should not have been in his immediate care.

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