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After
laboratory tests, forensic
agents of the Judicial
Investigation Organization,
determined that the body was a
woman named Calvo, age 33
years old and Ray's
girlfriend. / Ministry
of Security courtesy photo
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U.S.
citizen found guilty of
murdering ex
girlfriend sentenced to 20
years in prison
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By the
A.M. Costa Rica staff
The judge of the Court of Pérez
Zeledón*, in the south of
San José, sentenced a U.S. citizen
surnamed Ray, for the crime of
murder of his ex-girlfriend, a
Costa Rican surnamed Calvo.
In September 2017, police officers
in Perez Zeledon received an
anonymous call about a body
half-buried in a property located
in the town of Pejibaye, at a
distance of 500 meters from Ray's
property.
After laboratory tests, forensic
agents of the Judicial
Investigation Organization,
determined that the body was a
woman named Calvo, age 33 years
old and Ray's girlfriend.
When police officers searched of
the house where Ray and Calvo
lived, they found an AK-47 with
390 projectiles, a shotgun with
106 cartridges, and other
ammunition for a 38 and a 45
caliber handgun.
Walter Espinoza, General Director
of the Judicial Investigation
Agency, said there were clues
indicating that the woman was a
victim of domestic violence.
"We have information that
indicates that there was a
relationship between them, and
there were signs of aggression as
domestic violence, constantly
discussions among them and that,
eventually, could have been the
trigger for the death of the
woman," said Espinoza.
Ray must remain in prison until
the sentence is made official by
the authorities of the public
ministry.
Related to the most recent cases
of U.S. citizens in prison, as
A.M. Costa Rica reported on
January, officials of the border
police in Golfito* in
Puntarenas, detained a U.S.
citizen, surnamed Mohns, age 38,
who has two arrest warrants in the
U.S.
The police report that Mohns was
identified by officials during a
regular operation carried out in
the town of Puerto Jiménez in
Golfito.
The officers were checking the
papers of foreigners in the area
and found that the identity
documents from Mohns placed him in
an irregular migratory status.
The problem with his U.S. passport
alerted the local police who
researched information on
international warrants provided by
the U.S. police. That search
confirmed that Mohns had two
active arrest warrants issued in
2018.
"The first arrest warrant was
issued by the State of Florida for
the crime of aggravated assault
and attempted robbery with a gun.
The second alert was issued by
Virginia for the crime of drug
possession," said the border
police report.
In addition to the two arrest
warrants, police report that Mohns
had an extensive criminal record
in the U.S. for possession of
drugs, violence against the
authorities, robberies and for
violating traffic laws.
The border police took Mohns to
the Immigration Detention Center
in Paso Canoas, where he will stay
until extradition to the United
States can be executed.
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