Man Shoots His Wife Before Killing Self
In less than two weeks, a conflict between spouses has left two more dead, this time in Taras de San Nicolás de Cartago.

Around 3pm yesterday, 52 year old Zenón Ramírez Badilla, decided to end the life of his 44 year old wife, Mayela Blanco Jiménez, before committing suicide. The couple had been married for years and had three children, three girls aged 12, 21 and 22.

A witness told police that the couple was riding in a vehicle when it stopped and a discussion ensued and the woman tried to get out the car. Victor Orozco, an eye witness to the death of the woman, said he was in his office when he saw the car stop and heard several gunshots and a woman standing at a bus stop screaming.

Police sources say the woman was hit by two bullets, one in the chest and the other in the shoulder, as she tried to get out of the car. After being shot, the woman was left laying on the street, agonizing, while the man sped off.

Red Cross workers dispatched to the scene found the woman had died minutes after being shot and there was nothing they could do to revive her.

Police acted quickly to locate the man who had sped off in a Toyota, sending out a call to all patrols. Guillermo Araya, a commander with the Fuerza Publica in Cartago, said they called off the manhunt with the report of locating a vehicle similar to the one speeding from the scene, apparently with a dead man inside.

The man, now sought by police, for killing the woman had taken his own life with a single gunshot. Police theorize that when the man realized what had occurred decided end his own life was well.

Authorities did not know the reason for the occurrence.

Last week, a man shot his estranged wife and her younger sister in Liberia, after the couple had separated. The man was found earlier this week dead of an apparent suicide.

Days earlier, another man in San José shot his two year old son distraught after his wife had left him. The boy died in hospital days later.