We thought we had seen it all, but violence is worsening in Cuba. Following the crime in Ceballos, which last August left four people massacred in a robbery, a multiple murder has now occurred just a month and a half later in the neighborhood of Cayo Hueso, in Centro Habana, also with a supposed robbery as the motive for the tragedy.

The incident is said to have occurred, according to neighbors in the area, in the early hours of Thursday, October 10, to Friday, October 11, in the Parque Trillo area, in Central Havana, although the bodies were not found until Saturday, October 12. However, there are other testimonies that claim that police patrols were already in the area on Thursday, October 10.

The crime would have resulted in three violent deaths: that of a young man, his father, and his grandmother. "The boy's name was José Miguel, the man's name was Danilo, and the murdered woman was Danilo's mother. They were killed in the early hours from Thursday to Friday, and they were found on Saturday," a neighbor from the area told CiberCuba.

Another neighbor places the crime on San Martín Street, between Espada and San Francisco, one block from her house. She also claims that three people lost their lives in the crime: an elderly woman and two men. A third consulted neighbor agrees that the incident took place last week, in a house near Parque Trillo, and this information aligns with what the neighbor provides since Parque Trillo is one block further down, behind San Martín and Espada.

Two thieves

As of today, it is not clear what really happened or where the crime took place because there are several versions. However, everyone agrees that it was an alleged robbery with multiple murders in Centro Habana. According to the consulted neighbor, two people, apparently brothers, broke into the house to rob and slit the throats of those they found inside.

"When the police arrived, the bodies had already been there for a day," says this neighbor consulted by CiberCuba. As she explains, it was the daughter of the murdered woman, who lives abroad, that raised the alarm. "She called and no one answered. So, she called a friend to go to the house to see what was happening. When the friend arrived, the neighbors told him they hadn't seen them for a day and let him in through their house. When he entered, the first person he found was the woman; then the man who was tied up," she noted.

According to the testimony of this neighbor, the Police have already arrested the killers because "one of them called the other from the mobile phone of the boy they killed, and because of that last call, the Police located them," she stated in remarks to this portal.

But this is not the only version of the events. The first to uncover the crime was an internet user who calls himself Almakki Díaz, who places the multiple murder on San José street (renamed as San Martín), between Espada and San Francisco. He provides a photo of a police patrol supposedly parked at the crime scene. The information he claims to have confirmed suggests that a man was murdered, along with his homosexual partner and his mother.

However, in the comments on that post, they clarify that it was not the man's partner but his godfather, who baptized him. Additionally, at least two different testimonies agree that a young man who usually lived on Ánimas street was murdered, and that night he slept at his father's and grandmother's house, the other two victims.

There are more comments suggesting other locations such as San José (now San Martín) and Hospital, but everyone agrees that the crime would have taken place in Centro Habana.

In a previous post from this same user, an internet user claims to know the aunt of the murdered young man. "I knew the boy. His mother and aunt live across from my house, in Ánimas, between Gervasio and Belascoaín, in Centro Habana, next to the Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital. The incident occurred by the Trillo park and the woman who was murdered was the boy's grandmother," she noted.

In response to questions from CiberCuba, this person says they learned about the crime because their family living in Centro Habana told them. Based on the information he has, the crime is said to have occurred in the Parque Trillo area, and he even dares to speculate that it could have been in one of the twelve-story buildings on Cayo Hueso.

Another internet user who works independently explains that she knew one of the murdered individuals. "He and his wife were very good friends of mine. She was not here in Havana, and he stayed at his dad's and grandmother's house. That night, they broke into the house and tried to suffocate him, but it seems they couldn't, so they stabbed all three of them: him, his dad, and his grandmother. They put the grandmother in the cold and took everything inside the house," she points out.

La Tijera echoed Almakki Díaz's post, and several people residing in Centro Habana confirmed the multiple murder. In any case, there is no clear news on the matter because the official press is focused on the Palestinian people and has not dedicated even a line at this point to clarifying the uncertainties of a supposed multiple crime that has shocked the Cuban people.

In the Centro Habana area, where all the witnesses place the multiple murder, there are several residences dedicated to rentals for tourists.