This Tuesday night, May 7, the San Juan Police found a 36-year-old trans woman dead in her home in Barrio Sarmiento, in Rawson. According to judicial sources, Marylin Gabriela Bustos Capdevilla suffered a heart attack and had been dead between 48 and 72 hours. Prosecutors Francisco Pizarro and Gemma Cabrera, from the UFI Special Crimes, began an investigation into the incident that will probably end up being filed.
The first to arrive at the house were the troops from the 6th Police Station, alerted by Bustos Capdevilla’s sister. The woman attended the police headquarters and she indicated that for four days she had not been able to communicate with her relative. This led to the agents approaching the house and seeing through a window that the trans woman was motionless in an armchair. Then they noticed that she had no vital signs, and they also smelled a putrefactive smell.
As a result of this, the uniformed officers called the Special Crimes prosecutor’s office, which was represented in the case through Pizarro and Cabrera. Officials led the investigation, initially framed as a suspicious death. However, doubts began to dissipate within minutes. Medical examiner Beatriz Vázquez verified the scene and pointed out that there were no signs that there had been a violent death. The body showed signs of malnutrition and had been decomposing for two or three days.
An autopsy later revealed that the cause of death was a heart attack. According to sources in the case, Bustos Capdevilla had cirrhosis, among other complexities in his health. After analyzing the case, the prosecution will probably close the case, since it was a natural death.
Farewell in networks
After learning of the outcome, the LGBT community leader, Danny Love, made a post on her social networks. “You went baby, to the magical world, where we are only happy, where we will not discriminate against you, nor make fun of you, nor will we be false, nor will we leave you alone. Now you are Luz,” she published.
