6 years after the crime of Lola Chomnalez: the desperate demand of her family | the Chronicle

The family of Lola Chomnalez, The teenager murdered six years ago on the beaches of Barra de Valizas, Uruguay, hopes that when the court lounge is lifted in 2021, the prosecution will demand that the only person accused of the crime be sentenced., while the investigation continues to identify and locate the other man suspected of having participated in the homicide.

“We have a person prosecuted, in principle, as a partner in the homicide. Progress was made in the investigation of him, locating him in the place and in which he was in contact with Lola. Statements were taken from his entourage and various reports were received, for which I believe that once the fair is over, the accusation will directly accuse him “tell Telam Juan willman, lawyer of the Chomnalez in Uruguay.

According to the procedural steps of the neighboring country, when the prosecution considers that the evidence concerning an accused has been exhausted, in this case the detainee Ariel Moreira, nicknamed “El Cachila”, asks the judge to sentence him or not, and in the first case, the corresponding sentence.

“On the other hand, the investigation continues since, for our criteria and that of the family, there was more than one participant, which is clear for us because of the traces of blood, with male DNA, which remained on places and is not Backpack “, said the lawyer.

Willman recalled that the inmate “he never said who that person was”As a result, court proceedings and the Interior Ministry continue to identify and locate her.

“I think Moreira is going to be sentenced. I have no doubts. It’s a shame he didn’t collaborate.”said the lawyer, who considered the investigators to be “works well”.

Regarding the last formalities ordered, the lawyer explained that they were waiting for Lola’s medical history to be sent from Argentina to “verify” certain questions. that the defendant provided in his statement.

Last December, the Uruguay Round 4 Criminal Appeal Court upheld the prosecution of “Cachila” dictated in first instance by the deputy judge of Rocha, Rossana Ortega, who considered it “co-author” of the crime of “homicide aggravated by treason”, which in Uruguay provides for sentences ranging from 15 to 30 years in prison.

While forensic scientists gathered the DNA of the alleged murderer found in a card and a briefcase inside the victim’s backpack with the genetic profile of each of the newcomers admitted to the prison system for other causes.

In turn, Willman explained that the DNA match of the mother of “El Tereso”, a suspect who committed suicide in 2015 and was investigated as a possible perpetrator The footage of Lola’s crime.

Lola (14) went to Barra de Valizas on Saturday, December 27, 2014 and stayed in the house of her godmother, Claudia Fernández, who was with her husband, Hernan Tuzinkevcih, and his son.

The next day, the teenager went missing when she went for a walk on the beach and two days later she was found murdered about four kilometers from the house, in a dune area.

The autopsy determined that Lola died of suffocation from suffocation and presented several cuts made with a knife in different parts of her body.

According to Judge Ortega’s decision, the teenager tried to run away from her killers, was hit, wounded with a knife and hit on the head and eventually suffocated to death when, at his probable calls for help, his face was pressed against the sand.

For its part, “La Cachila” He was detained at the start of the investigation but subsequently released because the comparison of his DNA with the genetic material found in his victim’s backpack was negative.

However, In his testimony in court, the accused admitted to having crossed paths with the victim on the beach on December 28, 2014 and offered her “a small stamp”, but then she felt “dizzy” and that by helping her, she discovered that “I had no pulse”, got scared and left.

For prosecutor Jorge Vaz, “El Cachila” was present “before, during and after” homicide, whose motive was probably “sexual”.

And among the tests valued for the treatment were the results of opinions of psychological, psychiatric and semiological experts who revealed that the defendant has a personality with a tendency “to mythomania”, a “easily irritated and losing control of your impulses”, and a model of “contempt and violation of the rights of others”.