A fisherman from the department of Caño de Loro, located in Tierra Bomba (Cartagena) found the floating body of a woman whose relatives had been reported missing. He immediately reported the matter to the local authorities, who rushed to the scene quickly to deal with the situation.
The victim was identified as María del Socorro Rivera Mármol, 63 years old, who left her home, located in the Amador area, and lost all trace of her whereabouts, and so her relatives looked for her.
Likewise, it was reported that the woman was suffering from psychiatric problems, so there is a warning about what might have happened to her before she died. Likewise, authorities reported that she was found dead at sea, less than 24 hours after she was last seen.
One of the children of the woman who was found dead explained to the local newspaper El Universal that the search began with loved ones during the day on Wednesday August 28 at 8:00 pm, saying that they were worried because they have heard from her. . since she went out for a walk at 3:00 pm that same day.
“She left her house at three in the afternoon, it was normal for her to do that, but when the night came and she didn’t show up at home, we got worried and went out to look for her,” said a relative from the Morgue Forensic Medicine, until the body was taken.
Find the body
The Colombian Navy confirmed through their social networks that they received the warning from a fisherman who found the body afloat at 6:30 a.m. Thursday, August 29, 2024, one day after the woman’s disappearance.
The worker called the emergency line, so an operation was sent in collaboration with the Rapid Response Unit from the Cartagena Coast Guard Station, which arrived at the site to save the body. The authorities confirmed the area and the group was moved to the Manga department.
There, officers from the Technical Group for Criminal and Judicial Investigation (CTI) of the Attorney General’s Office conducted forensic procedures to reveal the group’s identity. At that time, they called the elderly woman’s relatives, who went to Forensic Medicine where they confirmed her identity.
So far, the cause of death has not been established, so the relatives are waiting for the authorities to carry out the individual investigations to clarify the exact circumstances of the terrible death.
This fact affected the victim’s son and he said that the confirmation that her body had been found was a terrible blow for the woman’s relatives, because they were holding on to the hope that she would be found alive.
The authorities hope to find details about the circumstances that led to the death of a citizen at sea, so they will ask for the support of the community, to provide any kind of information about the journey the citizen took.
At the same time, relatives are taking forward the process to say goodbye to María del Socorro Rivera Mármol. This news created an uproar in the area where he lived and in the community of Cartagena, which is waiting for answers, as several hypotheses are being considered about what might have happened to him and have not been to reject an attack or an attack against him. By Infobae