MIAMI – A woman from Miami Gardens, on the outskirts of Miami (Florida), told a neighbor that she had killed her partner and shortly after the Police showed up at her house and found that there was a body buried in the backyard, local media reported this Tuesday.
The police identified the alleged perpetrator of the man’s death as Clio Maria Trice, from 50 years, but did not reveal the identity of the victim, who was 81 years old.
The woman, who was arrested on Monday, has already been charged formally charged with second-degree murder and is being held without bond in a Miami jail.
According to NBC channel 6, the defendant told the Police that they had both lived together since 2008 and initially had a love relationship that over time became something more similar to that of a father and a daughter and that they used to have frequent arguments.
Trice confessed to hitting her partner on the head.
The death occurred last Friday, but nothing was known until the woman spoke with the neighbor on Monday, according to the media.
The news spread through the neighborhood and someone called the emergency phone, after which police officers showed up with a search warrant at the woman’s home and discovered a makeshift grave in the backyard where they found the body of a man.
The case is still under investigation.
According to the WSVN channel, Trice, already handcuffed to be taken to the police station, was He said goodbye to his neighbors this Monday and apologized for the inconvenience caused.