Mauricio Leal, the hairdresser of the famous in Colombia, was at the top of his career: famous, highly valued and a millionaire, but last November turned up dead. Next to his body, a suicide note in which confessed to the murder of his mother.
It was believed then that the young man had stabbed his mother to death before taking his own life, but the investigation has taken a new turn. Precisely, the note in which he said goodbye and said to leave everything to his only brother raised the suspicions of the police and two months after what happened the stylist’s brother has been arrested.
Is double murder suspect, something that Jonier Leal denied only a few days after finding his mother and brother dead, when before the media he affirmed: “I would never hurt them”.
Nothing fit the crime. Barber he had several stab wounds on his body, something unusual as a form of suicide. In addition, the brother said he saw them that same morning, but the reality was that when their bodies were discovered they had been dead for more than 30 hours.
Another fact, the alleged murderer appeared with cuts on his hands, something that justified many excuses that have been useless, because two months later, the tests have spoken. Jonier allegedly wanted to keep the family’s money at any cost.
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