Shocking moment nun, 80, wheels the dead body of a fellow sister, 58, crammed into a suitcase, sparking police murder investigation… before the tragic truth was revealed
This is the shocking moment a nun wheels a fellow sister’s corpse in a suitcase, sparking a murder investigation that ends with a tragic revelation.
Footage shows the 80-year-old nun walking through an upmarket residential street as she struggles to pull the huge suitcase behind her.
Dressed in the blue and black robes of her religious order, the woman, who has not been named, walked past a house where she was listed on their security system.
Local reports in Chile say a shocked passerby later found the body of the second nun, aged 58, in the business on April 8 and called the police.
The CCTV video emerged after police launched a massive murder hunt for what they initially thought was the killing of a drug cartel in Santiago.
A nun carries a suitcase in Nunoa, Chile on Monday, April 8, 2024. It is claimed that the suitcase contained the remains of another nun
CCTV captured the nun wheeling away the suitcase, which was wrapped in cellophane
Dressed in the blue and black robes of her religious order, she quickly walked past a house where she was included in their security system.
Investigators initially believed the body was from an execution in the gang area.
And it was only after searching local CCTV footage for evidence that police discovered it had been abandoned by a nun.
It later emerged that the case involved the corpse of a fellow 58-year-old nun who had apparently died of natural causes a year ago.
Her fellow sister told police that the couple had made a pact to care for each other after death.
Vice Governor Juan Fonseca said the dead nun had been detained in a case as an act of “affection and loyalty.”
The situation only changed when the 80-year-old nun’s daughter came to visit and decided that the woman should be buried, the researchers concluded.
An autopsy showed no evidence of intentional homicide, police said.
Local media report that the 80-year-old nun has not been arrested, but could be charged with violations of the health law.
It later emerged that both women did not belong to a formal religious order, but were ‘devoted lay women’ who led secluded lives in customs and robes.
A police investigation is underway.