The victims died from carbon monoxide inhalation. The suspect had complaints of gender violence and is in custody.
June 3, 2024, 09:21 a.m.
The aberrant actions of the man accused of murdering his ex-partner and his six-year-old son. (Photo: Facebook)
After the arrest of Pedro Fernández, the accused of murdering his ex-partner and son, The family of the victims gave details of the suspect’s aberrant actions. “He played chess with bodies three meters away,” they assured.
The dramatic event occurred in a house located at 2300 Paso Itu Street, in the Buenos Aires town of Laferrere. According to what was reported by investigators, the victims were identified as Macarena Sorrentino, 37 years old, and León Fernández Sorrentino, 6.
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Silvana, sister and aunt of the victims, told TN the ordeal they lived through. “She had already reported him“We too, from the first moment because he wanted to have her abort,” the woman explained.
In addition, he specified how he found out about the death of his sister and nephew. “He told us on Thursday afternoon that he had not heard from León and Macarena for two days, that he had surely left with some boyfriend, but Macarena did not go out on the street without her son and she would not have left because he had her. locked up and threatened her that he was going to take the baby away from her,” she said.
Macarena and León died after the house caught fire. (Photo: Facebook)
After that, he said that when they arrived at the scene, the accused was in the hardware store in the front of the house where the woman and her son died. “He played chess with the bodies three meters from the door of his premises,” Silvana remarked.
“There was no smoke at any time, he wanted to plant that version, all the gas burners were open“, he added and pointed out that together with his brother they had to break the door because Fernández had changed the lock a short time ago. “Everything was closed, the windows blocked with furniture and it was not the first time he left her locked up, it was constant, he even went on vacation and left her locked up,” he recalled.
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Likewise, he regretted the sad outcome. “She was a psychiatric patient and the justice system did not believe her. “He said he was going to change and this happened,” she said in dismay. Finally, she stressed that the suspect I already had several complaints for gender violence on the part of Macarena and some due to abuse on the part of other alleged victims.
