After several hypotheses regarding the death of the artist Diego Alejandro Velásquez, better known as Dr. Velásquez, who was found dead inside his home, as was his romantic partner, The authorities already have a clear hypothesis. According to the researchers, the The crime was a double homicide, so it was ruled out that it was a case of femicide and subsequent suicide.
The investigation is being carried out by the Attorney General’s Office, which is collecting all the evidentiary material to determine who committed the crime and its motives.
Both Dr. Velásquez’s family and his production house, They sent a statement in which they assure that the authorities now have the main suspect in the double homicide.
“Although the facts are being investigated, the judicial authorities have ruled out suicide among the hypotheses. Thanks to the quick and efficient action of the authorities, the main suspect in the double homicide is already in the custody of the Prosecutor’s Office,” the statement says.
The document also clarifies that the victim of this crime It is Sofía Riascos Valdés, 23 years old, current romantic partner of Dr. Velásquez, and not Juliana Muñoz, the mother of his children, ages 3 and 8, whom he had recently divorced. “We share the pain with Sofía’s family (…) her ex-wife and mother of her two children is out of danger,” the letter says.
Although it has not been confirmed who the suspicious person is, one of the names that has been heard is that of Juan Alberto Agudelowho was the one who reported the crime.
This man, who was initially said to be the uncle of the businessman and urban music artist, was actually not related to the victims and was the house’s butler. In said statementVelásquez’s family indicated that the man is not the artist’s uncle, but rather he is the butler of the house and that his nickname is ‘the uncle’.
This man would be a relative of Dr. Velásquez’s ex-wife, with whom he had two daughters, and according to the Police he was the last one to see the artist and his partner alive. Astrid Sofia Riascos Valdes. “At the site they met with Mr. Juan Alberto Agudelo(uncle of the deceased) who is in a state of intoxication, who states that he was chatting with the deceased, and went out to buy a liquor and when he returned he found him dead,” the report says.
When the authorities arrive, the man gives them a less lethal pistol-type traumatic weapon, which is not yet known if it is related to the double homicide.
“The Prosecutor’s Office, in the company of the National Police, are carrying out all the investigative activities at the scene, carrying out the different interviews to establish what could have happened in this place,” said General Óscar Lamprea, commander of the Aburrá Valley Metropolitan Police.
According to what is known so far, Both Dr. Velásquez and his partner were chatting in the house located in the rural area of Envigado, Antioquia.
Later, only the artist and the butler remained, who were drinking alcoholic beverages and around 4 am the latter left the residence to buy more liquor.
Upon returning, he said that he found Dr. Velasquez shot in the head. Later, when the Police arrived, Astrid Sofía Riascos was found in one of the rooms, wrapped in sheets and in a pool of blood from a gunshot.
