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Luis David Rodríguez, who is accused in the killing of Lisalee Escalante Espada, 28, was sent to prison for not being able to pay the bail imposed on charges of femicide, attempted murder, firing a firearm and pointing a firearm.
Escalante Espada, a mother of three children aged 7, 9 and 11, and Rodriguez’s partner, received a gunshot wound to the head and was transported by a friend to the Mennonite Hospital in Guayama, where her death was confirmed early Sunday morning after an argument on 16th Street in the Jardines de Guamaní neighborhood.
Judge Marieli Paradizo Pérez, of the Guayama Court, determined probable cause for all the crimes charged and imposed bail of $1.2 million, which was not paid.
Rodríguez was remanded in custody until his preliminary hearing on Feb. 25.
