A strong testimony shared the woman who survived to one of the most shocking crimes of recent times in Chile: The cruel murder of a married couple, their little daughter and a baby on the way.
On March 25, Raul Uribe (39), his pregnant wife, Alejandra Tapia (43), and his daughter Valentina (10), they had a cousin visiting them at their house in the sector Cayurrucafrom the commune of Good River.
When everyone was sleeping, Francisco Uribe He entered the house, went to the master bedroom and He stabbed his brother, Raúl, 17 times.
The attacker had taken a 33 centimeter chef’s knife and as it was later discovered, he had acted motivated by an economic conflict.
The screams of Alejandra and the girl alerted the relative, who was in another room. After managing to hide, the woman called Carabineros and escaped death.
Surviving cousin speaks
Is about Camila Obandothe key witness in the triple homicide, who participated this week in the reconstruction of the scene.
In dialogue with CHV NewsThe young woman said that the murderer “came to the door (of her room) with the knife in his hand, covered in blood and telling me ‘you know what’s going to happen to you now’. And trying to kick down the door.”
According to his story, he heard how the accused committed the triple homicide and took the lives of his family members.
“He spoke to me through the door that he couldn’t break down, the door that we struggled against, that he broke down. And he was completely aware of what he was doing.”he added.
He also recalled that “I woke up to the screams of Alejandra and Valentina, I opened the door and I saw Francisco. He came at me and hit me. And I realized it was him because I heard Alejandra saying ‘no, not Francisco’ and when I saw him he looked just like Raúl when he was 20 years old.”.
He will remain in prison
It should be noted that the defendant’s defense requested that he be incapable of prosecution due to alleged schizophrenia. Although he presented medical reports to prove it, these antecedents They were discarded after the tests carried out by the SML.
Thus, Francisco Uribe remains in preventive detention awaiting trial. The Prosecutor’s Office charged him three crimes of qualified homicide and one attempted homicide.
