Her name is not Diana Quer, nor is Marta del Castillo, although they were the same age (17) when they were killed. The disappearance of the Colombian minor, whose name is Leidy Vanessa, living in Valencia, in 2008, and the subsequent discovery of the body three months later buried somewhere in Macastre, made almost no impact on the national media. his case Temporarily dismissed in March 2016 waiting to find a fourth suspect to take a statement. After six years in a drawer, thanks to the insistence of a mother under investigation and her lawyer, Jorge García Gasco, Requena’s 3rd Order Court reopens the case For the homicide team of the police to return to duty as a result of new information that can shed light on the case.
Leidy Vanessa Murillo, 17, left the Benlliure Secondary Institute in Valencia’s Zaidía district for dinner at a friend’s house at 1:10 pm on June 2, 2008. She never went there. That same morning, his friends reported that the teenager received a phone call, but it is unknown who called him and why.
this 20 September 2008 skeletonized remains Forensic experts have initially established a slightly higher age estimate than that of the adolescent as part of a woman’s body, found by two friends out for a walk on Llanorel de Macastre boulevard. The corpse was buried next to some olive trees, and only one leg was protruded when an animal dug into the ground. A technical inspection by the police found a piece of black bra, hoop earrings, a ring and a watch next to the naked body.
According to the autopsy results, the victim He died from multiple head injuries. however, due to unsuccessful attempts to identify the body, proceedings by the Civil Guard at the time in January 2009 were tentatively dismissed as they could not know the identity of the deceased. .
It wouldn’t be until 2010 as a result of an investigation by the National Police Homicide group. After matching the DNA to the mother’s genetic profile After Leidy Vanessa’s death, researchers put a first and last name on the body and linked the discovery of the skeletonized remains only to the teenager’s reported disappearance. Upgrade-EMV, A newspaper belonging to the same group as this media.
Cross-statements of the two people examined show that the accused paid them 1,500 euros to bury the body.
From the beginning of the investigations The prime suspect in the young woman’s murder was her stepfather., Omar AP felt an alleged sexual attraction to Leidy, according to testimony evidence. Given that the situation where the girl’s body was found cannot be verified by forensic medical evidence, the possible sexual motivation of the crime is supported by testimonies from witnesses who told investigators how well this alleged obsession of her stepfather was brought under control. all the men with whom she had intercourse and He even goes so far as to put a camera in his room. to save minors.
The 46-year-old chief defendant fled to his hometownAnother indication that the young woman was blaming herself a few days after her disappearance in Colombia. Also, at the beginning of 2008, Omar was working as a security guard at a construction site in Macastre near where the body was found, so he knew the area as well.
But of course, these are St. the other two were investigated to cover upThe two Macastre neighbors who allegedly helped dispose of the body are at least the most obvious proof that he had already taken him to court.
On the one hand, Antonio O., 57, attributes the other defendant, Álvaro J., to his admission that Omar would offer him money to bury someone on these dates, especially what he had told him. “he needs to get rid of a brown”. He also admitted that he had dug a hole with a pick and when he went to bury the two bags, one had “something soft” inside.
Álvaro J., 56, claims he was arguing with his friend when he said that some Colombian offered him 1500 euros to bury a body – in this case, he does not say Omar’s name. At the end of 2011, a conflict between the three defendants – via videoconference while Omar was in prison in Colombia for drug trafficking – simply served to partially retract or evaluate their statements.
Now a court in Requena is opening the door to new investigations and the excluded case can resume.