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A screengrab from a Dubai Police video showing the victim's body after it was found by a cleaner in a desert in Dubai. Image Credit: Dubai Police / Youtube screengrab

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Dubai: Police here have released a video reconstructing the circumstances surrounding the death of a Filipina housemaid whose headless body was dumped in the desert, with both hands also cut off.

The video explains how painstaking police work allowed investigators to identify the victim, Maria Normita, and events leading to the the prime suspect's arrest following a three-month probe.


Dubai Police said they were able to identify the body after getting Maria Normita’s belongings from her employers and matching her DNA with the body.

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Police arrested G.S., the victim’s nephew, who they said admitted to killing Maria Normita following a dispute over money.

Police in the UAE occassionally publish videos reconstructing certain crimes and how they homed in on the culprits.