The forensic doctors at Imelga’s Vigo center know what it’s like to encounter victims of persecuted crimes. But that wasn’t exactly what they found when they did. Autopsy to Roberto CPChapela’s (Redondela) neighbor was killed in his home in January 2021 in a drug dealing case.
The body showed “minor” and “very minor” injuries, all found on the face, neck, arms and legs. Some were “millimetric” and had no involvement of veins or arteries or hyoid bone in the neck that remained “undamaged”. With a clear cause of death, respiratory failure caused by mechanical suffocation, in which the attacker used a dual mechanism –he grabbed the victim’s neck with his arm and pinched it while putting his hand over his mouth-, forensics thinks there are a few key factors that make death “much easier”, in the sense that the killer doesn’t need to use “too much force” and death happens “faster”.
The most decisive was: the deceased had an old tracheostomyhowever, eating a bite – he was eating at the time – and the dislocation of his dentures during the attack also had an effect.
The two forensic experts who performed the autopsy took part in the popular jury trial against him in Vigo Court this Wednesday. Manual Matanzassentenced to 18 years in prison accused of killing his neighbor who sold him doses of cocaine. And they described that old tracheotomy as “very important”, which is evident from a scar on the lower part of the victim’s neck. They explained that this was decisive because this implied that his trachea was “more blocked” than usual. If under normal conditions the air intake hole was two centimeters, in his case it was “one centimeter”. “Since his ability to breathe was already limited, the fact that he had food in his mouth and his dental implants were dislodged meant he didn’t need as much power. [para asfixiarlo] and death occurs faster”.
Roberto CP was found dead on the floor of his home. wrists and ankles are tied with tape and the mouth is closed with the same material. A red vest covered his face. They ended their life by strangling after being attacked from behind, and there was a crooked trauma to the nose that could be matched by a punch. There was little sign of “defense” or “resistance”.
These pros say that when the man is attached, the adhesive tapes are “perfectly placed”, indicating that he is “already dead or about to die.” Otherwise he would “instinct” try to pull them out and those tapes wouldn’t be so “smooth”. This notion removes one of the defendant’s lines of defense: although he admitted to attacking Roberto and tying him up, he assured him that he was alive when he left, and attributed the blame to a third person who would later enter the house.
On the other hand, the forensics that examined the defendant ruled out mental illness, but the defendant has a personality disorder that makes him “impulsive and suspicious” and another cocaine and alcohol disorder. His intelligence is “whole”, but he may experience a “slight decrease” in control of his will due to his “impulsivity”.
Frustrated plan to move the body to hide?
One hypothesis put forward by forensic experts today is that having the victim strapped in front and her wrists strapped to her stomach may have responded to a “project” to get the body out of the house. without disregarding, initially someone else’s help, but This issue was denied by the agents. The National Police, which is responsible for investigating and resolving the case.
The trial will conclude tomorrow Thursday, after which the popular jury will be drawn into deliberations to announce its verdict.