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Judge 55 of Knowledge sentenced him to 55 years and two months in prison to Jhonier Leal after being found guilty of the murder of his mother, Marleny Hernández, and his brother, the stylist Mauricio Leal, events that occurred between November 21 and 22, 2021 in La Calera, Cundinamarca. Leal was also sentenced to pay 250 current legal minimum wages, equivalent to more than 325 million pesos.
After a lengthy judicial process lasting more than two yearsthe judge established that the findings found in the Arboreto residential complex, such as towels, human features, blood, personal phone information and other items, They showed that Jhonier Leal is the author of the double homicide of his mother and brother.
For the judicial administrator, the crime was caused by jealousy and economic desires, she warned that Jhonier wanted to keep his brother’s fortune and decided to murder him considering that he would be the only heir and that for this reason he also ended his life violently. of his own mother.
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“It is possible to establish the participation of Jhonier Rodolfo Leal Hernández In the facts attributed by the prosecuting entity, it is possible to establish the participation of the pre-named in the double homicide of Marleny Hernández Tavares and Mauricio Leal Hernández, Thus, the lack of emotional expressiveness of Jhonier Rodolfo Leal Hernández, which denotes prior knowledge of what happened“Since it is not natural that in the face of a heartbreaking scene in which both the mother and brother of the accused were killed, the accused did not express any expression or astonishment as indicated by the witnesses in vision,” the judge read.
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To issue the sentence, the judge added that “it was established that Jhonier Rodolfo remained in the property of the events at the time when the homicide of the victims occurred, Well, this is how the security videos emerge, which contemplate the permanence of the aforementioned in the wee hours of the night from November 21 to November 22, 2021, the above implies that, According to the time of death established by the forensic experts, the murder of the victims would have occurred in the early hours of the morning on November 22, 2021.time frame in which the presence of the accused in said property was established.”
A determining element was the wound in the hand of Jhonier for the time of the homicides, which, for the judge, was caused by the knife used to commit the crimes.
“The wound in the right hand of Jhonier Rodolfo Leal Hernández, It is coincidental that it was generated with a sharp element such as those used in the homicide of marleny Hernández Tavares and Mauricio Leal Hernández, an injury that was noticed by Karen Dayana Ruiz Torres who, when she asked the accused about it, he told her that he had caused it with a pair of scissors in the course of his work as a hairdresser. Thus, the alleged coincidence that in the course of just two days from the commission of the events, the accused has generated an injury identical to the one that would have been acquired by the perpetrator of the homicides, is hardly credible. when the handle of the knife found inside Mauricio Leal Hernández came off,” the judge read.
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At the hearing, prosecutor Mario Burgos assured that the evidence was clear and that Jhonier Leal was the only one to blame for the death of his mother and brotherfor which he requested an exemplary sentence.
“For this reason, the Prosecutor’s Office requests an exemplary sentence from you for the double homicide of Mrs. Marleny Hernández and Mauricio Leal Hernández and, of course, for the concealment of material evidence. We are solely responsible, not only for the evidence, but also for the direct evidence, to condemn Mr. Jhonier Rodolfo Leal in an exemplary manner as the sole author of this double homicide.”he explained.
