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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 14 JANUARY 2024
NEWS
SANDRA Ramirez has been identified as
the victim of Malta's second murder in
2024.
Police are currently investigating the
murder of a 43-year-old woman from
Colombia which took place this morning
in Sliema.
Police spokesperson Brandon Pisani
briefed the media on Saturday morning,
saying that at around 6:15am a man en-
tered the Sliema police station and told
officers present that he had just killed a
woman in an apartment.
When police officers entered the prem-
ises, they found a dead woman lying face-
up in a bed. The woman was found to
have stab wounds.
The prime suspect is a 43-year-old man
who is also from Colombia.
Pisani stated that there might have been
an argument that may have transpired
before the murder, as investigations are
currently underway to establish the dy-
namics of the man and woman's relation-
ship.
MaltaToday is informed that the victim
and suspect have both been living in Mal-
ta legally. Ramirez has been residing in
Malta since October 2022, while the sus-
pect became a resident in January 2023.
No domestic violence reports have ever
been filed by the victim or the suspect.
Ramirez was working as a salesperson
in a Sliema shop.
Magistrate Lara Lanfranco is also on
site along with court experts, as a magis-
terial inquiry is currently underway.
This is the second murder of 2023. The
first murder took place on New Year's
Day in Rabat. As the prime suspect in the
case, Noel Azzopardi was remanded in
custody after pleading not guilty to the
murder of 27-year-old Eric Borg.
MATTHEW
FARRUGIA
mfarrugia@mediatoday.com.mt
Sliema murder victim identified as
43-year-old Sandra Ramirez
Experts on the scene of crime in Sir George Borg Street in Sliema on Saturday morning
