The National Police reported that Marichely Ruiz, who had been reported missing by her relatives, turned herself in on Wednesday, May 11, at the La Chorrera Police Zone and confessed to having murdered her partner.

Ruiz 38, was last seen on April 22, when she left her apartment, in Puerto Caimito, La Chorrera, together with Yaris Jiménez Carrasco, 30, who was also reported missing by her relatives.

Since that date, the whereabouts of the women who lived together were unknown.

On April 30, in the district of Chepo, in eastern Panama, police found Ruiz's car abandoned.

Before moving to La Chorrera, in, Ruiz (Physical Education teacher) and Jiménez (mother of a boy and a girl) had lived in Chepo.