Police Investigating Murder of American Couple in Costa Rica

[Jeff Dunsavage]

According to this article in the Latin American Herald Tribune, Costa Rica police are investigating the murder of a Cuban-American married couple at a luxury beach condominium on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. Detectives found the body of 76-year-old Alfredo Espinoza in the living room and the corpse of 64-year-old Tania Espinoza in the bathroom of the residence.Both had been gagged and had their hand ties and plastic bags covering their heads, but no gunshot or knife wounds were discovered. The police say there are few clues to the motive behind the crime, noting that apparently the only item missing in the condominium was a laptop computer.