The mother and grandmother of Thiago, the 13-year-old boy who was found dead inside a freezer last week, doubt that the boy entered the refrigerator on his own.
Claudia Jaime and Belén Zaccaro, the minor's grandmother and mother, decided to go out and speak in the Cordoban media and pointed out the child's great-uncle as the main suspect in his death.
On Tuesday, prosecutor Claudia Palacios, who is leading the investigation into the incident, anticipated that the
main hypothesis revolves around a domestic accident
and maintained the title of death of dubious etiology. However, she announced that
she summoned the minor's uncle to testify as a suspect
and was notified of the ban on leaving the country.
Lawyer Carlos Nayi, representative of Thiago's mother, told
Clarín
that it is a key piece of information that the prosecutor in the case has summoned the uncle to testify as a suspect.
"The prosecutor in the case decided to summon José Jaime, the victim's great-uncle, and multiple field measures have been carried out in order to find evidence and a large number of elements have been received," said the lawyer, who indicated that the relative He remains
hospitalized in a psychiatric clinic
.
The man was transferred to a renowned health center after the death of his mother, Thiago's great-grandmother, who
died of cardiac arrest
after finding out on the radio what had happened to her grandson.
The grandmother and mother of the baby found inside a freezer in Córdoba.
Nayi maintained that Jaime had lived in Spain for many years and that 10 years ago, on another visit to Córdoba, he had
brutally attacked Thiago when he was 3 years old
.
"He hated him, he discriminated against him because of his skin color, he treated him as a 'dirty bastard', he told him: 'You deserve nothing, you are a naughty child who breaks the whole house,'" the lawyer noted.
According to Thiago's family, in recent months, after the uncle's return, the boy's valuables, such as a cell phone or a tablet, had disappeared. “On the day of the tragedy, he was at the home and had a symbiotic relationship with his mother, the child's great-grandmother, who died a few hours after learning of the tragedy.”
Nayi stated that the complaint understands that there was
“frankly criminal” activity
by Thiago's great-uncle.
How the case continues
This Wednesday the results of the autopsy of the teenager's body were known. In the preliminary results it was determined that Thiago
died electrocuted by an electric shock
from the freezer.
The forensic report added that there were no other types of injuries. It is ruled out that there were blows or a personal attack on the victim, according to the newspaper
La Voz
.
Claudia Palacios, the prosecutor carrying out the case, expects complementary studies to be carried out to compare with some of the hypotheses raised: the presence of
drugs or some type of substance
inside the boy's body can distort the investigative course. The case remains open and in the full investigative stage.
"The central hypothesis that we have been handling is that of a home accident. There is a preliminary report from the coroner that says that the cause of death would have been
an electric shock
, but some studies are still missing to certify that this was the case," Palacios reported this Wednesday in Press conference.
"We do not know the final efficient cause. I do not have any technical report yet. Yes, all the relevant samples are being carried out in the autopsy to determine later with the technicians, electrical engineers who must
determine how the freezer was working
, if there were leaks, if "Someone has put him there, forced him to enter, or if he entered because of the heat on March 20," the official confirmed.
On Tuesday, Nayi also said that the freezer where Thiago died was out of use and, suddenly, it appeared "on with a certain amount of water; a circuit breaker that is strangely turned off. And on the other hand, perfectly arranged on the freezer, a blanket with Thiago's backpack. Evidently, he did not enter the freezer on his own; otherwise, what was on top would have fallen."
Cordova. Special
MG