Nuevo Diario Newspaper Dec 8th, 2006

Almost lynched gringo implicated in the murder
He was kept in custody during the initial hearing
The prosecution modified the indictment left without guilt two of the four involved, and one of them will now be key witness to prove guilt of the foreigner.
Lesber Quintero
RIVAS In a marathon initial hearing, the judge of the Criminal District Court of Rivas, Edward Peter Palma, decided to retain in custody and refer to public oral hearing the Mexican-American Eric Stanley Volz, accused of having murdered his girlfriend Doris Ivania Jimenez , aged 25, who was also a victim of rape. A foreigner yesterday escaped being lynched by people who waited at the exit of the courthouse. The court scheduled January 26 for completion of the trial which will determine the future of Volz and his buddy, Julio Martin Chamorro, who is identified in the indictment as one of the three men involved in the heinous crime against Doris Ivania. The incident, which has shocked the people of San Juan del Sur, was on 21 November at midday, and the scene was a small shop that was the victims, adjacent to the south side of the market in this county. At the initial hearing, prosecutor Tom Peña amended the indictment, exonerating of any responsibility Armando Llanes, 20, and Nelson Dangla Antonio Lopez, 24.
At first the two were thought to have participated in the crime, with Volz and Julio Martin Chamorro, 29, but according to the prosecutor he did not have enough evidence to support the involvement of Lopez Dangla and Llanes. The evidence presented to the public prosecutor's office against Volz and Chamorro had more to do everything in a prima facie case of how much the gringo as Chamorro participated in the crime, and this is behind with four witnesses who saw the day of the crime, the two suspects loitering near the shop of Doris Ivania hours close to the murder.
Freed to sink gringo
But now the strongest proof that the Prosecutor's Office will have to investigate the crime is the release of Nelson Antonio, who was released testify against the accused for Prosecution. And it is that according to investigations, after the crime Nelson Antonio was the one who was responsible for receiving from the hands of Volz a few bags with clothing, which he put to a white car that was driven by the gringo.
For this favor the gringo paid 50 cordobas to Nelson Antonio, and then left San Juan del Sur and returned hours later to the scene of the crime. With this release, the Prosecution seeks to consolidate its indictment against Volz and void once and for all their alibis for the day of the crime was in Managua.
According to Pena, the argument of Volz is totally untrue, and added that his quest to try to prove that he was in Managua has failed, as they noted that he tried to make believe he was in the capital, attempted to show that he rented a vehicle and everything went wrong, "because in the place where he allegedly rented it, nobody saw him and the formalities for rental cars are personal," he explained.
"In the case of Chamorro, the prosecutor elaborated that witnesses who have testified to having seen him near the scene at the time of the crime, and that saw him sweating, and scratched and quite nervous," and according to the coroner , the period of evolution of scratches coincides with the death of Doris, "he said.
Still awaiting biological tests
Despite ensure that the cause was sent to trial, the prosecutor said he regretted the work of the police in this case, as spelled out that they have not yet forwarded the results of the expert evidence, and according to her, with these results they would have been much easier to prosecute the suspects. However, Pena hoped that those tests appear this weekend to consolidate them with the direct evidence. Moreover, it should be noted that such a hearing was conducted under tight police surveillance, as were tens of SanJuaneños bet on the outskirts of the court to demand justice and even to try to lynch to Volz, which almost succeed when he was removed by Police and they gave him several blows. The authorities had to take refuge along with the detainee in a building. The foreigner this week could be transferred to the Penitentiary System of Grenada, while waiting for the day of judgment.