The autopsy of the Spanish Matilde Muñoz, allegedly murdered on the Indonesian island of Lombok on July 2, reveals that The woman “died from suffocation”, which “strengthens the suspicion that she was a victim of violence“, According to the report on the forensic examination released Thursday by the Indonesian Police.
“The exam revealed signs of trauma in the head, neck and chest,” says the Western Lombok Police statement, in charge of investigation and shared with EFE.
The first alert about the disappearance of Muñoz, retired and who usually spends the year traveling through Asia and had frequently visited Indonesia and Lombok, a tourist island of Bali, was given by her friend Olga Marín Calonge on July 28 at the Sant Feliu de Guixols police station (Gerona).
Muñoz’s body was found on August 30 on a beach in Senggigiin the western part of the tourist island Indonesia of Lombok.
According to police investigation, Muñoz’s alleged murder would have happened at dawn on July 2 in his room at the Bumi Aditya hotel where he stayed.
The police said One of the suspects worked at the hotel when Muñoz was lodged thereand that the other was an old employee of the center who lived next to. “At the moment they have not involved anyone else,” he told Efe. In this regard, the agent said they will continue to question hotel personnel as “witnesses” for the moment.
According to the police version, the detainees planned the crime in advance and stole Muñoz 3 million rupees (about 155 euros) and tried to use a Spanish debit card. Both the passport and Muñoz’s mobile phone have been found. In fact, the mobile phone was sold by one of the suspects to a friend, according to the same sources.