2023-06-28 22:48:52
Some photos taken 4 years ago in Brazil showed this Wednesday followingnoon the sister of Amanda Alves Ferreira to the members of the popular jury. For several seconds she exhibited them so that they might observe her carefully. And they will take note. For the official defense of the defendant for the aggravated homicide of Eduarda Santos de Almeida, this is evidence, which puts the prosecution charge for femicide once morest the defendant in crisis.
This jury trial has a particular context. Chief prosecutor Martín Lozada stated in his opening statement before the jury that during the trial they will prove that the defendant committed the aggravated homicide of Eduarda at dawn on February 16 last year as a man.
He points out that when the prosecution filed the charges once morest him on February 18 of last yearthe defendant identified himself before the guarantee judge Sergio Pichetto as Fernando Alves Ferreira. She did not state on that occasion that she perceived herself as a woman. The request was made months later. That’s why, The prosecution upholds the accusation of femicide and two other aggravating factors: treachery and the use of a firearm. The Penal Code penalizes femicide and a murder committed with treachery with life imprisonment.
The official defender Nelson Vigueras intends to demonstrate to the jury that the accusation for femicide must fall because Alves Ferreira has perceived himself as a woman for years. The two witnesses offered by the defense who testified this Wednesday followingnoon supported the defense’s theory, judicial sources reported to BLACK RIVER.
They reported that Simone, the defendant’s sister, and Alexandra, Amanda’s trans friend, had testified. The sister showed the photographs where the defendant is observed looking different from the one he had when he was arrested in February of last year.
The sources said that the defendant’s husband did not want her to transition. “He wanted me to be a homosexual,” the sources noted.
How the relationship with the victim arose
Alves Ferreira met Marcelo Ramirez in 2018. They went to live together and the couple decided to get married. The desire to be parents arose. There, Eduarda, who was a friend of Alves Ferreira, emerged. The couple proposed surrogacy to Eduarda in exchange for paying for his university studies in Brazil, according to what the victim’s brother told this newspaper. Twins were born regarding 3 years ago.
Eduarda returned to Brazil, where she had three other children. There, she became pregnant with her sixth child. Alves Ferreira suggested that she return to Bariloche because they wanted to take care of that baby with her partner, supposedly. The young woman returned to this city and they all lived together at the address at 290 Beethoven Street in the Llao Llao area. Ramírez died in August 2021.
Amanda and Eduarda stayed with the three little ones. Differences arose, problems from coexistence and the friendship relationship was broken. They both wanted to return to Brazil. But the twins have the surname of Eduarda and Alves Ferreira. The prosecution maintains that the macabre plan to assassinate Eduarda germinated there, which had become a stumbling block because Amanda might not dispose of the twins.
Shots fired by the victim
This morning the medical examiner who did the autopsy testified before the jury. He mentioned the cause of death of the victim, who was 26 years old. And determined the number of injuries caused by projectiles from the 357 Magnum revolver. The body had 9 injuries, although for the prosecution the victim received 8 projectiles. It happens that one of the bullets caused two wounds, explained judicial sources familiar with the investigation of the prosecution.
The data is important to the prosecution. It is that the revolver has a drum that houses up to 6 projectiles. For this reason, they believe that the defendant emptied a magazine once morest the victim and reloaded the weapon. It is a fact that in the theory of the Public Prosecutor’s Office supposedly excludes the possibility of the defendant’s inimputability.
In addition, a ballistics expert declared that the shots were fired at close range and the police doctor.
The crime occurred on the access path to the Escondido Lake viewpoint, in the Circuito Chico between 00:50 and 2:30 on February 16 of last year. After executing Eduarda, the defendant returned to her home in her vehicle with the three children. Afterwards, she contacted several friends that they had in common with Eduarda to try to disassociate herself from her, the prosecution maintains.
In the morning, some tourists found the body of the victim and notified the Police. The investigators collected data and all pointed to Amanda, who was arrested in the followingnoon of that day. Since then, she has been arrested and is serving preventive detention in the Bariloche prison.
The jury trial began Monday and will continue tomorrow with more witnesses. Lozada is assisted by the assistant prosecutor who worked on the investigation of the Gerardo Miranda case. Vigueras is accompanied by the deputy defender Mónica Goye.
Friday will be the arguments of the prosecutor and the official defender. Later, the twelve popular juries will have in their hands the verdict of guilty or not guilty of the accused.
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