Crime of Lucio Dupuy in La Pampa: "I know they are going to give them an exemplary sentence," said his grandmother days after the sentence

The grandmother of

, the 5-year-old boy murdered in November 2021 in the Pampas city of Santa Rosa, was confident that Justice would hand down

for the victim's mother and her partner when on December 2 next February announce the verdict in the trial in which both are accused of aggravated homicide.

"I know they are going to give them an exemplary sentence because this case resonated and we are under the eyes of Argentina and the world.

," said Silvia Gómez, Lucio's paternal grandmother, referring to Lucio's mother. her grandson, Magdalena Espósito, and her partner, Abigail Páez.

10 days after it is known whether or not the Justice declares the guilt of both defendants, Gómez said that "Lucio was not killed a year ago,

, and more in the days" in which the statements made in the trial by

At the same time, he blamed the juvenile judge Ana Clara Pérez Ballester, head of the Family and Minor Court number 1 of General Pico, for being the one who

to her grandson by returning possession to her mother.

Silvia Gómez with Ramó Dupuy, Lucio's grandparents.

Photo: Rolando Andrade Stracuzzi

"It was a difficult situation because she (Esposito) made

until the judge revoked her tenure. This judge is the one who signs a paper and

, because she does not follow up on him or know about it. case," Gómez said in statements to a Santa Fe radio broadcast by the Télam news agency.

The woman said that she is working "for the

to come out to try to contain these families with advice," referring to cases that could be considered similar to that of her grandson with child victims of child abuse.

"It was a

that led to my grandson being where he is. We promised my grandson that there would not be another Lucio and from that we decided to

," Gómez concluded.

"They deserve life imprisonment"

Ramón Dupuy, Lucio's grandfather.

Photo: Rolando Andrade Stracuzzi

Ramón Dupuy, Lucio's paternal grandfather and Gómez's husband, said that although he no longer awaits Justice, he knows that society expects both women to receive life imprisonment.

"

. Whatever they give them, they don't give Lucito back to me, but what I do know is that society expects what they deserve, life imprisonment," he said.

Like his wife, Dupuy spoke of the existence of those more responsible for what happened to his grandson, asserting that the areas of "health, education, the police and the neighbors looked aside with what Lucio had to live ".

The juvenile judge also had a paragraph dedicated: "Ana Pérez Ballester sentenced Lucio to death by giving these two murderers custody. If she had done her job, she would have realized that they asked for it to collect the social benefits that were in the pandemic and that they had never been interested in my grandson.

Ramón said that due to the "lawyer's recommendation"

of the trial that took place in Santa Rosa and that will conclude with the verdict and sentence next week, since what they were going to hear was going to "make them wrong".

The verdict of the trial

Abigail Páez and Magdalena Espósito Valenti, mother of Lucio, during the third hearing of the oral trial.

On December 22, the Prosecutor's Office involved in the trial requested that the victim's mother and her partner be found guilty of

, crimes that provide for life imprisonment.

For its part, the complaint introduced the aggravating circumstance of

into its accusation ;

and claimed the same sentences.

The defenses, on the other hand, put forward the hypothesis of a

event , that is, when the aggressor intends to cause damage but not death.

The trial, which until now took place behind closed doors, since the victim was a minor and a crime against sexual integrity was being discussed, was held at the headquarters of the Judicial City of Santa Rosa and was attended by the two defendants who came to the debate as detainees.

The debate will resume on

at noon, when it is decided whether the defendants are guilty or not.

Depending on this, a second hearing will then be held to publicize the amount of the sentences, in the event that they are found responsible for a crime that does not provide for life imprisonment as the only punishment, the spokespersons explained.

Lucio Dupuy (5), murdered in La Pampa.

According to the indictment, both defendants "jointly physically assaulted" Lucio between 5:30 p.m. and 7:40 p.m. on November 26, 2021 in the house where they lived in Santa Rosa, causing him multiple injuries;

and he pointed out that those injuries caused his death after a period of agony.

According to the autopsy, the child "had multiple injuries from blows, bites and burns, old and recent" and that the death was caused by "internal bleeding" as a result of the attacks.

After Lucio's death, it was determined that the child had been treated at least five times in a period of three months for polytrauma in different care centers in La Pampa, although there were no complaints from any professional in this regard, nor from the authorities of the hospital. kindergarten he attended.

When testifying as a defendant in the trial, Páez acknowledged that she hit Lucio.

"When I got home, I saw Lucio who was sending a booger. It doesn't matter what, because it's irrelevant. So I took him by the arm and kicked him several times on the tail. It was all very fast, I don't know. I hit him and I didn't measure where the truth was, nor do I know why either," he said.

Abigail Páez and Magdalena Espósito Valenti, arrested for the crime of Lucio (5), the latter's son.

"I still can't find an explanation for it.

it. Then I picked him up and took him to the shower because I thought he was going to react. He was trying to speak, he was still conscious. He bathed stopped. He tried to speak to me, as if to say something, but the words did not come out," he added about the child's condition.

For her part, Lucio's mother, Espósito Valenti, said that that morning

in the care of his girlfriend and that to this day she continues "unbelievable" what happened.

He also pointed to Lucio's father, assuring that "at all times he ignored the creature", after which he added: "It is not true that Lucio did not have family contacts. He had contacts with the parent, his grandparents, my family and the of Abigail. If they were not satisfied with these contacts, it will be because they did not try to have them more".

With information from Telam

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