Yesterday, police took them back to the crime scene and two suspects 18 year old Guatemalan Rene Lopez Morente and 35 year old Salvadoran Carlos Rene Granillos were this afternoon formally accused of killing 73 year old U.S. national Mary Jane Blondell.
The two men appeared in San Ignacio Magistrate's Court to answer to charges of murder and burglary. Granillos was additionally charged with possession of cannabis for which he pleaded guilty before Magistrate Patrick Rosado while Morente was charged with a mischievous act because he gave police a false name. He pleaded guilty to this and was sentenced to 2 months in prison. The men were remanded to the Hattieville prison to begin serving their time on the guilty pleas and the burglary and murder case was adjourned until the 31st of August.
Blondell was stabbed to death and buried 2 miles from her home and then her property was burglarized.