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The couple
were found guilty of the murder of a
U.S. citizen William Nearhoff.
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-Published:
Monday, October 21, 2019-
30 years jail
sentence for two murderers of
a U.S. citizen
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Prosecutor's Office of the city of Grecia in the
province of Alajuela, confirmed that
a criminal court judge ordered 30 years in
prison for a man surnamed Montoya-Acosta
and a woman named Jiménez-Esquivel. Both
were found guilty of the murder of a U.S.
citizen William Nearhoff, 70-year-old.
During the trial, the Prosecutor's Office
presented the facts that happened in July
2018, as follow:
Nearhoff was at home with the
Jiménez-Esquivel woman, when
Montoya-Acosta arrived.
The motive for the crime was described as
theft.
"In order to commit the robbery, the
killers beat Nearhoff to end his life,
then fled the place," said the prosecutor
in its statement.
In July 2018, as A.M. Costa Rica reported,
police said that Nearhoff was found bound
and dead of stab wounds in his home.
Police reported the man was gagged and
that his hands and feet were tied.
The body was found due to a strong odor
detected by several lawyers whose firm is
in the same building, according to the Red
Cross members who arrived first at the
site.
Police officers and detectives of the
Judicial Investigation Organization were
called then.
According to authorities, Nearhoff, from
Dallas, Texas, had been living in the
country for the past four years at a
building west of the Grecia square.
The two convicted individuals will
continue in jail as a post-trial measure,
ordered by the judge, until the sentence
is confirmed.
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