A woman had been stabbed to death before her body was left in a bin at an abandoned West Side house and wrapped in a blanket, investigators said.
The officer who arrived at the scene saw blankets stuffed inside the bin. Upon closer inspection, he saw a hand with a laceration sticking out from the wrapped blankets.about 2 p.m. July 20 in the 2400 block of San Luis Street, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Martinez died as a result of multiple sharp force injuries, and her death was ruled a homicide, investigators said. A San Antonio police report states that Martinez’s body was discovered after an anonymous caller told 911 there was a dead body in a gray bin in a yard next to an abandoned house. The officer who arrived at the scene saw blankets stuffed inside the bin. Upon closer inspection, he saw a hand with a laceration sticking out from the wrapped blankets, the report states.
While examining Martinez’s body, investigators discovered more lacerations on parts of her body that were visible, police said.
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