As Timothy Alan Livingston, a 36-year-old American, the man who last Thursday, March 28, was identified by the authorities of Medellín He was surprised at the Gotham hotel located in the exclusive sector of El Poblado with two girls of 12 and 13 years old to – apparently – sexually abuse them.
The announcement was made by the mayor of Medellín Federico Gutiérrez during a press conference held yesterday, Sunday, March 31, following the pressure from citizens to know the identity of the man who, three days after the unfortunate event, remained unknown.
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“We want the whole world to know the name of this person, for all the media to replicate this news. This 36-year-old American is called Timothy Alan Livingston. “We are going to take this case until justice is done,” Gutiérrez said about the American tourist born in the state of Ohio.
According to the mayor and the Metropolitan Police, after having been found with the two minors by Children and Adolescents police who were alerted by a citizen, Livingston He was taken to one of the city’s Protective Transfer Centers because during the procedure he behaved aggressively.
“He remains there for around 12 hours, where he is individualized and where there is full identification of who he is,” said Gutiérrez, who added that Livingston He fled the country on the afternoon of Friday, March 29, to the city of Fort Lauderdale in Florida, the same city from where he had traveled to Medellín.
“I want the whole world to know who this depraved person is, because I want it not only to be known in Colombia, but to be known in the United States or in any country. Someone who believes that they can come to our city to do whatever they want with our children and adolescents is very wrong and I want people everywhere to replicate that name so that at least while justice arrives in a case like these, At least there will be public ridicule and there will be a social sanction,” said the Medellin president, who added that if necessary he will request Livingston’s extradition.
Given the lack of information that the authorities initially provided, it has been the citizens – especially on social networks – those who have provided more details of the man’s identity.
According to what has emerged on the social network X, Livingston – 36 years old – would be a resident of the city of Parma, in Cuyahoga County in the state of Ohio, who was born on June 16, 1987.
One of the facts that Internet users have not missed is that in Livingston’s passport It appears that this presents “annotations”, even so until now the nature of these has not been revealed.
Finally, citizens and Internet users question the doubts that the case has raised, since –Although the incident occurred on Thursday, the situation was only reported to the public last Saturday by the Metropolitan Police.
The community also questions the delays in knowing the identity of the man – who, according to what could be seen in security videos, It was the second time that minors entered the Gotham Hotel, although that time (dated March 27) it had been detected by security personnel. Even so, he continued staying there as if nothing had happened.
For now, the process continues, while the two girls receive medical and psychological care at a hospital in the city. In turn, Mayor Gutiérrez pointed out that will seek to issue a forfeiture measure against the hotel where the American was found.
