The characteristic sound of the escape of his Suzuki Fun Red no longer heard again. The silence that left The murder of Julián Dobra in the La Barda de Roca neighborhood amazes, hurts, weighs, breaks the heart of those who saw him grow between the shared courtyards, childhood games and the hugs of the New Year. While the investigation of one of the most bloody crimes in recent years progresses, the nearby circle of the victim reconstructs his image and demand justice.
He was 32 years old. He was a physical education professor, graduated in Bariloche, and every end of the year he returned to his land to meet his mother, his usual friends, and that corner of the Alto Valle where he took his first steps. I worked as security in a private company. He left his department of General Paz Street on April 16. He never returned.
He was the son of two nurse workers of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of Roca. In addition, he was a political nephew of Sergio Barotto, vowel of the Superior Court of Justice of Río Negro and university professor.
Exactly 14 days later, his body appeared in the fences north of Route 6. He was killed and the shot in his head was not the only thing that marked his end. They left it there, in that inhospitable field of jarillas and traces of passage, far from the lights, far from the noise. They found him lifeless on April 30. Three days later, his car appeared calcined.
The crime scene – if it was there that he was killed – he became one of the keys to the investigation. The experts marked with yellow and numbered posters, the points of interest between the dust and the rugged vegetation of the place. But nothing is enough to explain so much cruelty. There are no answers. Only more questions.
“It was like a son for the neighborhood”: Julián Dobra’s crime and the questions that nobody can answer
Marcela Gutiérrez walked through the neighborhood with the pain of a mother. His two children shared life with Julian: birthdays, roasts, Christmas. «This destroyed us. It was a sweet creature. It was like a child for everyone »he said.
She will be the spokeswoman for the march that this Friday will ask for justice in the center of Roca. «We went out with our hearts broken. We don’t want violence, we don’t want hate. We want to know why, He clarified, before the echo of the comments that “do not add” to the delicate situation that is going through.
In the 36 homes, everyone knew Julian. They remember him as an educated, intelligent, sensitive young man. «The last time I saw him, came to ask me for a clamp to get a spine out of his foot. He lost it. But a few days later he returned it to me because he felt. So it was, he stopped in those details », Marcela portrayed.
In his adulthood, Julian moved to an apartment in the fences. From Diario Río Negro we went to the place and we could talk with residents of Dobra. They described him as a quiet man. “There was never a problem,” He reported one of the people who lived near his department in General Paz at 2200.
Nor did they notice strange movements before or after their disappearance. They detailed that Dobra caught the attention when he reached the neighborhood for the sound of the escape pipe from his car Suzuki Fun Red. But since April 17, he didn’t hear it anymore. And silence also moves towards concern.
On the back of his house, there is a church and near is the Patagonian University Institute of the Arts (Iupa). Hence, The movement of neighbors and students living in the place, could have perceived more than their absence.
What aroused special attention from researchers was the possibility that this exit has been recorded by video surveillance cameras, both private and public. However, apparently, there would be no traces of his last exit from the home.
The day after the appearance of his body, the neighborhood was organizing the wake. Hours laterthey found out about the appearance of the car, burned. Despair became impotence.
What is known about the murder that moves Río Negro
So far, there are more silences than certainties. The investigation, in charge of the Chief Prosecutor, Belén Calarco and the prosecutor Marcelo Ramos, still has no identified or suspected suspects publicly.
Nor was the gun caliber reported or if there were traces that allow you to know where they killed him. Only the shot in the head was confirmed and the obvious signs of crime. Little is what is known about a cause that causes so much concern.
The security cameras, public and private, did not contribute images of their last exit. And in his neighborhood, where life takes place with open windows and attentive eyes, no one noticed strange movements.
The march: a cry that asks justice in peace
This Friday, at 17, the streets of Roca will be the scene of a demonstration again. They don’t want “party flags.” Only posters with your face, burning candles and accompaniment the demand for more security and clarification.
The meeting point will be San Martín Square. Thence, The residents of the 36th neighborhood and the entire city will march with a unanimous request: Justice for Julian.
Pain and familiar silence after crime
Julian’s family – linked to the university and judicial world of Río Negro – preferred to continue in respectable silence. They still have a hard time getting the state of shock. Maybe some will not be present in the march. But they support the claim.
On Friday at five in the afternoon, from the heart of the neighborhood, friends and neighbors will walk together to San Martín Square. «We do not want to disrespect anyone, we only ask that General Roca gets for a moment on his mother’s skin«, Marcela concluded.
And again, the echo of silence. Because Julian is not. And nobody understands why.
