AMMAN: Jordanian authorities have arrested a man suspected of murdering a girl found buried in an uninhabited area of Amman, after he attempted to take his own life, it was reported on Tuesday.
The Public Security Directorate said forensic reports confirmed the victim had died by strangulation, the Jordan News Agency reported.
Investigators quickly identified a suspect, who remained at large until Tuesday, when police received a report of a man trying to jump from the second floor of a residential building in the Bayader region of the Jordanian capital.
Police confirmed the man was the main suspect in the case.
After receiving medical treatment, he confessed to killing the girl following a dispute and burying her in a 3 meter-deep hole with the help of a relative, who was also arrested.
