The human remains found on June 19 in the municipality of Villalba have been identified as those of Ángel Manuel Vázquez, an 88-year-old man, according to the Instituto de Ciencias Forenses (ICF). The identification was confirmed by the Unidad de Identificación Humana (UIH) of the ICF through the analysis and comparison of body radiographs.
The remains were discovered on PR-547, kilometer 1.2, in Villalba, after a phone call alerted the police to the situation. Agents from the Villalba District found the presumed human remains, and the investigation was then handled by the Homicide Division of the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Criminales (CIC) of Ponce.