Investigation by La Plata Quadruple Crimecondition Three women and a girl were killed To the beatings and stabbings of PH, he continues to add chapters fourteen years after they occurred. The trial of two key witnesses began on Monday on charges of…Aggravated perjury” against Osvaldo “Karateka” MartinezThe partner of one of the victims, who was acquitted years later when the perpetrator of the massacre was convicted, Javier “La Hina” Quiroga.
On November 27, 2011, Barbara Santos (29 years old), her daughter Michaela Galli (11 years old), her mother Susana de Bartol (63 years old), and her friend Marisol Pereira (35 years old) They were killed in a house in the La Loma neighborhood. A few hours after the discovery, the focus was on Martinez, the martial arts teacher Who was Barbara’s partnerwho was quickly arrested despite his assertion that he was not in the house on 28th Street, between 41st and 42nd.
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The Public Prosecution filed charges against the man, Alvaro GargantaHe had great media exposure He was arrested preventively For six months. This is partly due to the fact that at the beginning of the case he was the driver Marcelo Tagliaferro And his neighbors, Patricia GodoyIt was witnessed by: The first one was found at the scene of the incident.”With bare torso“When he took Pereira to his friend’s house, the second said she saw him arriving at her house “whipped.”
In 2014, the Oral Criminal Court No. 3 of La Plata ratified this law Martinez is acquitted It concluded that there were no elements that justified the charge against him Quiroga was sentenced to life imprisonment Considering him as the only one responsible for the massacre. At the same time they ordered Investigation of Tagliaferro and Godoy Charged with “aggravated perjury,” a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Now the Fourth Oral Criminal Court in the capital, Buenos Aires, will handle the trial, while the prosecution will take charge Prosecutor Mariano Sibuet. Osvaldo Martinez appears as the injured person, and is represented by lawyers Sebastian Chuila and Belen Chabor, and the driver’s defense will be in the hands of Gonzalo Escaray.
With the new process, “Karate” seeks, after 14 years, to… A precedent has been set When determining whose responsibilities you see They blamed innocent people And it caused the real killer to remain free. Justice must determine whether there was tampering or falsification in the data provided by witnesses during the investigation of the crime.
The quadruple crime: what the driver and the neighbor announced
Initially, Tagliaferro said that when Marisol took Pereira in his truck When she arrived home in La Loma, she saw a man between 20 and 40 years old, with a bare torso, coming out to greet her. However, he confirmed it I couldn’t recognize him. But later, when Martinez’s photo spread in the media, he changed his testimony and… He stated that he would recognize him If you see it.
He appeared voluntarily before the Public Prosecutor’s Office with his lawyer, who at that time was Fernando Borlando, in order to be investigated. Make your announcement official. He also signed up to collect reward 300 thousand pesos offered by the provincial government to those persons who provided information relevant to the case. The writing was approved by Garganta.
In parallel, Godoy was involved Instructed prosecutor Ana Medina because she reported seeing Santos’ accomplice He arrives home without wearing his shirt“In leather” on board his white Fiat Uno. For Garganta, this strengthened suspicions against him.
The accused always maintained that he did not leave his house that night. Furthermore, he stated that he remained in contact with Barbara via text messages: “I told the prosecutor about it I kept watching Angelina Jolie’s movie, Salt agent. “He confirmed it and still chose to accuse me,” he recalled during a report in which he also noted that. No traces were found Their whereabouts in the murder.
How was the quadruple crime in La Plata?
After the initial hypothesis against Barbara’s boyfriend fell, investigators found her DNA, fingerprints, and traces. Javier “Hyena” RomeroA young man known to the Santos family. The ruling was against him “Simple murder” against Bartoland “murder qualified because it was committed in an effort to escape punishment” in the other three murders.
The investigation concluded that he acted alone and brutally. The first to be killed was Susannawho was in the kitchen. He hit her on the head and then stabbed her 12 times. Then he attacked the girlWho tried to call for help over the phone and killed her with more than 20 stab wounds. Barbara was surprised In the bathroom while showeringHis body was found with 30 wounds in different areas.
Pereira was attacked minutes laterWhen he entered the house, he was hit in the face and then suffered eight stab wounds in the neck and chest. Since the moment of his conviction, Quiroga remains behind bars.
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