A grandson has been arrested on suspicion of killing his nan and cooking her body.
Yeison Alberto Melo is accused of trying to incinerate his grandmother’s body in an oven before burying the skeletal remains in flowerpots around the house.
The unnamed victim, a 68-year-old seamstress, had taken her grandson into her home three months before she was killed.
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He had been released from prison on parole.
The 27-year-old suspect was arrested in Jamundí, located south of Cali, Colombia.
He spent the last two years on the run after allegedly committing the murder in Cali between 9 and 13 October 2023, as reported by Need To Know.
The authorities called it one of the most chilling crimes to hit the city in recent years.
Experts carried out DNA comparisons on biological remains found at the victim’s home.
The results confirmed the victim’s identity and directly linked Melo to the crime, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
The suspect was arrested last Wednesday (19 Nov).
A spokesperson for the Attorney General’s Office said: “The physical evidence found at the scene established that the victim was murdered there and that her remains were incinerated in an oven, with some of them buried in flowerpots.”
Following his arrest, Melo was charged with aggravated homicide, concealment of a corpse, and the alteration or destruction of evidence.
He was then sent to a correctional facility to await trial for the alleged murder.
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