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BahamasA young hostess murdered on a yacht at 13 million
A 20-year-old South African was found dead last week in the machine room of a luxury boat. One of his colleagues was arrested.
Paige Bell, who worked on the far from it, was a few days to celebrate his 21st birthday.
DR/InstagramHorror on a luxury yacht. On July 3, the police landed on the Far from IT, the crew worrying that they no longer heard from one of their own. It was about 1 p.m. when Paige Bell’s body, 20, was discovered in the boat’s machine room. The yacht, worth $ 13 million, was moored in Harbor Island, an island full of hotels among the most luxurious Bahamas and sumptuous pink sandy beaches.
The body of the young hostess was partially bare, which suggests that she was sexually assaulted, writes the “Daily Mail”. The South African presented traces in the neck and defensive wounds, suggesting that she tried to fight against her murderer. Police did not have too much trouble getting their hands on a suspect: he was found not far from the young woman’s body, seriously injured in one arm, after probably tried to end her life.
Brigido Munoz, 39, was arrested, hospitalized, then charged with murder. The man, a colleague from the victim, appeared in the Nassau court on Wednesday for a preliminary hearing, during which a deposit on bond was refused to him. The Mexican will therefore remain in detention until November 20, the date of its next appearance. The authorities continue to investigate the circumstances of Paige’s death.
Originally from Durban, the young hostess was to celebrate her 21 years, on July 14, an event that she had planned to celebrate with great fanfare. “In honor of Paige, his mother asked that we all ate velvet red cake (her favorite) that day and that we were sharing a photo in memory of the wonderful soul that it was”, can be read on an online kitty launched by former colleagues from the victim. “Paige was more than a teammate, she was from the family,” they added.
