Missing Casablanca Woman, 72, Found Buried; Neighbor Arrested in Murder Investigation

After her disappearance, a septuagenarian was found dead and buried in a dwelling in Sidi Hajjaj, in the province of Benslimane. The suspect is the victim’s neighbor.
The judicial police investigators arrested on the evening of Friday, October 27, a man in his sixties after being alerted to the disappearance, under suspicious circumstances, of a 72-year-old woman residing in the prefecture of Aïn Sebaâ-Hay Mohammadi, in Casablanca, reports the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN). The sexagenarian is suspected of having murdered the septuagenarian who is none other than his neighbor. After committing the crime, he would have transported the body to Sidi Hajjaj, in the province of Benslimane, to bury it in another dwelling of which he is the owner.
The reasons that led the sexagenarian to this extreme situation remain, for the moment, unknown. Pending the elucidation of this case, the alleged murderer was placed in detention for the needs of the investigation.
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