A 28-year-old woman suspected of fatally stabbing another woman and stuffing the body in a futon in the city’s Frankford section has been arrested in Spain, the U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday evening.
Gerelys Sanchez-Reyes was arrested in Madrid based on information from the Philadelphia office of the U.S. Marshals Service, the agency said. Sanchez-Reyes is awaiting extradition proceedings for her return to the United States.
Around 12:40 a.m. April 5, police discovered the body of 21-year-old Yuleisy Carolina Tórreles Martinez inside a home on the 4400 block of Frankford Avenue.
The body was found inside a futon wrapped in a sheet and shower curtain, police said. No weapon was found at the scene.
A group of Martinez’s friends had grown concerned after she went missing for several days, and they filed a missing-person report.
Police have not revealed a motive, but said the woman knew one another.
NBC10 and Telemundo 62 reported that the victim’s family was from Venezuela and she had been living in Philadelphia for less than a year and was working as a waitress.