In Corrientes cannot come out of the shock due to the double femicide in a rural area. Isondú Marisel Fernández, 22, and Aitana, 9, two sisters living in the Parada Acuña area of the Corrientes department of Monte Caseros, were brutally murdered: the eldest was stabbed to death while the girl was strangled. apparently, with the belt of his overalls.
Judicial sources indicated that due to the double femicide, the provincial police are intensely searching for a man whom They identified him as Arturo “Antoñito” Villalba (41), a man from the area. However, they do not rule out other lines of investigation.
The fact It was discovered after 6 p.m. yesterday by the partner of the oldest of the victims, a 24-year-old young man identified as Miguel Andrés Zárate -a rural laborer-, when he returned home from work. According to what he told the Police, he saw Villalba leave the place at full speed and upon entering the home he observed the scene of horror in his house. For now, Zárate is not the main suspect.
Sources in the case consulted by this media indicated that the alibi of Isondú Marisel’s partner is solid. “He said he returned from work at 6:00 p.m., a testimony that was supported by his employee,” said. There is another piece of information that further strengthens Zárate’s testimony: according to the preliminary details observed by the forensic doctor, the date of death “would be at most 16 hours.” Marisel’s partner, however, remains delayed while the search for Villalba intensifies.
Double femicide in Corrientes: the trail of the suspect and the crime scene
Yesterday, the Canes Division that arrived at Paso de los Libres managed track the suspect to the edge of Provincial Route Nº25, which is a gravel road. At that point “it is likely that they hitchhiked him away from the place,” added an investigator. Meanwhile, evidence is collected at the crime scene.
About 15 meters from the house, in an area of dense vegetation, the Police discovered a piece of cable, a chair and a diver, so they strongly suspect that he wanted to hang himself. They also seized a machete, a knife, three cell phones and some sneakers with blood stains that were under the bed where the body of the nine-year-old girl was found.
The forensic examination said that Isondú Marisel’s body showed signs of violence. In addition to two stab wounds, he had blows consistent with machetes on his forearms. “Clear indication that he tried to defend himself,” the source added. For the moment, a sexual attack has been ruled out.
As for the girl, they assume that she could have been strangled with the cloth belt of her own overalls. Investigators also suspect that she was the first victim, since that garment did not have any blood stains, like the rest of the house. That is, the murderer would have choked the minor and then attacked the 22-year-old girl with knives and a machete.
With information from Infobae
