Police in Boyton Beach have arrested 66-year-old Roberto Colon for first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Mary Stella Gomez-Mullet, who went missing on February 20.
Officers originally searched Colon’s property on February 21 after a friend told them she had just called Gomez-Mullet days before she went missing and it sounded like someone had attacked her, WPEC reported.
When detectives left Colon’s house that day, he allegedly shouted at them that, according to the local news station, his wife was ‘swimming with the fish’ and that they ‘must find the body, find the body’.
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Roberto Colon, 66, is arrested in Palm Beach Jail on one charge of first-degree murder and two counts of marijuana. He is accused of killing his wife.
(Sheriff’s Office in Palm Beach County)
Police found human remains on Colon’s property on Friday.
He faces one charge of first-degree murder and two counts of marijuana.
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Colon told police he married Gomez-Mullet a few weeks after meeting her in exchange for citizenship and to take care of his mother, according to WPEC.
“Our condolences to Mary’s family and loved ones,” Police Chief Michael G. Gregory said Friday. “We remain committed to this ongoing investigation and to bringing justice to her family.”