The suspect of a triple crime in Caguas Park rejected the help from the municipality

Caguas Mayor William Miranda Torres revealed this morning that staff in his municipality and at a private clinic came into contact a few weeks ago with the homeless man suspected of killing three young men last night on the grounds of the old Moisty Skate Park. .

According to Miranda Torres, the suspect was first seen staying overnight at the abandoned property in December. The land, located next to PR-52 at the exit of José Garrido Boulevard, was vacated since the park closed in 2013.

The mayor publicly expressed his condolences to the families of the three young people killed.

“A protocol has been activated and the Secretary for Human Development has been integrated. A working group was activated, from the municipality and from the Sanos corporation “, said Miranda Torres. “When he saw this person, the man went to the mountain and fled. Looks like he didn’t want help. “He claimed when he indicated that the description he received on the subject was that he was a calm person.

“There was someone who spoke to him and offered to help,” he said.

The land, about 110 acres, is owned by the municipality and was purchased with federal funds that limit its use to a park or recreational area. It is this restriction that has prevented the city council, according to the mayor, from leaving the property. Miranda Torres described it as a “headache”.

The mayor said several investors approached him to submit proposals, but none were successful.

“I have already lost my number. Hundreds of people came. They even proposed a hotel there, on another occasion a cinema, on another occasion was the creation of a “container park”. They also proposed a stage to practice gotcha and others wanted to bring something more or less similar to what they had. Everyone came up with good ideas, but no one comes with the kids. “the mayor explained, indicating that since 2015 he has been trying unsuccessfully to get the federal government to free the land from use restrictions.

“I am not a real estate agent or real estate agent. My intention is to find a use for it as soon as possible and get out of it. What costs me to maintain it and what it represents is a headache, “he added.

Miranda Torres indicated that there is a “periodic”, but not continuous, surveillance of the land and that a clean-up has recently been carried out in which the individual who is now being investigated for the triple crime has been identified. He claimed that he had to distribute his security resources in the city and could not leave a fixed person inside.