Santiago Nasar

Santiago is a young man who was murdered at the age of 21 years-old. He is well-off as the only child of his parents. His father left him a large cattle ranch when he died. He is part Arab on his father’s side.

Plácida Linero

Plácida is the mother of Santiago Nasar. She is a widow, her husband having died three years before her son’s death. She married Santiago’s father out of convenience not love.

Victoria Guzmán

Victoria is the cook for Santiago and Plácida. She had a sexual relationship with Santiago’s father for several years when she was an adolescent. She was brought to be a servant in the Nasar household after the affair burnt out. She is wary of Santiago and his sexual fascination with her daughter Divina.

Divina Flor

Divina Flor is the daughter of Victoria Guzm...