A diver has retrieved from the bottom of a man-made lake a suitcase that police officials in Cyprus say contains the decomposing remains of a woman.
A suitcase containing the decomposing remains of a woman and a concrete block was retrieved from the bottom of a man-made lake Sunday, the chief of Cyprus' Criminal Investigation Department said.
Authorities focused their search on the lake some 32 kilometers west of the capital, Nicosia, after the suspect — a 35-year-old army captain — told investigators that he put the bodies of three of his victims into suitcases and threw them into the toxic lake, part of a now-defunct copper pyrite mine.
The retrieved suitcase is one of two that were located in the lake Saturday. Shailos said authorities won't retrieve the second one immediately, but will continue scouring the lake for the third suitcase. The discovery triggered a homicide investigation that led to the captain's arrest before a second woman's body — thought to be that of 28-year-old Arian Palanas Lozano, also from the Philippines — was found in the mineshaft on April 20. Police said the suspect admitted killing them both and they believe that he also killed Tiburcio's 6 year-old daughter, Sierra, who remains missing.
Police initially tracked down the suspect through Tiburcio's computer messages on a dating site. Investigators said the two had had a six-month relationship before Tiburcio and her daughter disappeared in May 2018.
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