Laura Moreno and Jessy Quintero were witnesses to these actions and by omitting this information to first responders, they became accessory to murder. Now started a power-play between influential families the Colmenares clan and the wealthy accuseds with Colombias top lawyers and most ruthless prosecuting attorneys all willing to leak any juicy detail to a febrile media, anda tweeting,youtubingpublic galvanised by this fight of elephants. According to the prosecutors' office there is "strong evidence" that allow them to infer that these two young women participated in the murder of Luis Andrs Colmenares. Gonzlez stated he had full confidence in Zamora's abilities to win the case, that he was proud of delivering a case already in trial while it was almost closed when he received and said he will keep silence about some aspects of the trial because of ethics. She explained that Laura was frantic and told her that Luis jumped into the water channel (which was less than 50cm deep) and that she was unable to see him anymore.[6]. Luis Andrs Colmenares Escobar (May 23, 1990, Villanueva (La Guajira),[1] Colombia - October 31, 2010, Bogot D.C., Colombia) was an economics and industrial engineering major student at Los Andes University in Bogot D.C., Colombia, who was found dead under suspicious circumstances on October 31, 2010, after going to a Halloween party at a club in the popular "Zona Rosa". The accusations against Crdenas mother received also wide diffusion. At this pace, the case might need more revelatory dreams to be resolved. Gonzlez stated that this was a regular procedure. Jessi said that she was picked up by a group of friends, called Luis Andres' cell phone and Laura answered the call. As a Wayu woman, Oneida held a strong belief, central to this indigenous culture, that dreams are the way the dead communicate with the living. According to Moreno and Quintero, they left the party around 3:15a.m. local time on October 31, 2010. He accused Ayola of perjury. We want to thank Vain again for our new bombastic theme song! Inspired by true events. After this, nothing is certain. Many people do believe Luis Colmenares was murdered. Both Laura and Jessy claimed to authorities that Luis had fallen to the water canal near El Virrey park. Death of Luis Andres Colmenares! But in my opinion, analysis of the fact shows it was an accident. Jessi allegedly stayed at the hot dog stand waiting for her friends while Laura followed Luis. However, the Colmenares family never accepted that theory. And, so far, weve just seen a trailer, which like the series title strongly suggests foul play. Society loves nothing more than a female killer to hate, and if it cant find a real one, it invents one. (Photo: The casewent all the way up to the Supreme Court of Justice, located inside the Palace of Justice, pictured above. Later three student friends were accused of his murder, or being part of a plot to kill him and cover it up. Lo extrao es que el mismo 31 de octubre, entre las 7:30 p.m. y las 8:20 p.m. realizaron una nueva bsqueda y encontraron el cadver del joven Luis Andrs Colmenares. The casewent all the way up to the Supreme Court of Justice, located inside the Palace of Justice, pictured above. A second autopsy by Mximo Duque, former director of the same Institute, hired by the Colmenares family and research done by Prosecutor Antonio Gonzlez concluded that the body had eight wounds, none compatible with a fall. After failed efforts by the group to reanimate Colmenares, they carried away the body in the truck. Most Colombians believe otherwise. According to the witness, Luis Colmenares walked away from the truck and Laura Moreno ran after him and slapped Colmenares in the face. At least not by the three accused. A male suspect was quickly arrested and charged, but prosecutors were convinced that Knox was also to blame. By. Cristian said he had taken pictures of Moreno's truck taken with his cellphone the night of the events. Every witness was on the payroll". Moreno and Quintero later told law enforcement that, after buying a hot dog, all of a sudden and without any explanation, Colmenares started to run "like crazy"[5] towards El Virrey park, which was about 10 minutes walking distance from the hot dog stand. The men, both of whom were natives of Venezuela . How Colombia's Biggest Murder Investigation Was Swayed by a Dream. So she had the body exhumed and a second autopsy performed. A contemporary retelling of the classic French story about Arsne Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise. En el segundo post mostr una carta que le hizo su hijo fallecido . Foto: Archivo particular. The ensuing media hype focused on the mother, rather than her husband Michael, and the fact that she kept her composure in public and never seemed to fulfil the archetype of the grieving mother. Memorial to Luis Andres Colmenares Escobar, the victim of the Colombias most famous murder mystery. Dec. 7, 2018. Luis Colmenares,a young vivacious student from a wealthy family, was found dead in a storm drain tunnel in Virrey Park, Bogot, in 2010, after nightclubbing at an uptown Halloween party. On October 30, 2010, Luis Andrs went to a Halloween costume party at a night club in the popular Zona Rosa in Bogot with his date, Laura Moreno, as well as Jessy Quintero, and several other friends and classmates. He also implicated the former prosecutor, Antonio Gonzlez, as participant in the complot of multiple false witnesses. Everyone sported T-shirts saying The Dingo is Innocent. Tradues em contexto de " " en coreano-ingls da Reverso Context : Mystified by the account of a mothers dream and the evidence of a vicious crime, the entire country went into an uproar. In the meantime, the police and firemen were conducting an exhaustive search around the area without any results. [21], On February 20, 2017, the judge ruled Laura Moreno and Jessy Quintero were not guilty. Luis was allegedly very anxious and he went out and walked away. The 20-year-old student at Universidad de los Andes died after falling into a flooded culvert in Bogots Parque Virrey after a Halloween party in 2010. My first article Colmenares: Wheres the Crime? The official autopsy declared that Colmenares had suffered a blow on the head and died from asphyxiation. An eye-opening journey through the history, culture, and places of the culinary world. Why? Some tips for travellers. The result of the first autopsy, showed Colmenares had a grade3 of alcohol intoxication, which should have impaired him heavily, and confirmed the hypothesis of a suicide. [3] Ten months after Luis' death, the investigation was re-opened and suspects were named in the case. No-one believed this cold-hearted mother who couldnt even cry over her own dead daughter. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Could the Netflix series reboot the legal case? Here, foul play was never in doubt, but who did it? Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. Was it clear then? Will it do justice? When first responders come, they are unable to find the body. It took two hours for the authorities to be notified, and 12 hoursto find the body. Unfortunately for the misogynistic masses who wanted to see Laura get sent down, in 2017, the whole prosecution case collapsed under the weight of its own inconsistencies. Later three student friends were accused of his murder, or being part of a plot to kill him and cover it up. [13], On June 14, 2012, Daniel Teleki, attorney for Jessy Quintero, renounced after claiming he and his family had been threatened on social networks. [16] In a radio interview, the following day, Ayola explained that he had escaped his working place and that he signed the records after returning to work at 5a.m. claiming he had proof of this. This is a case where the dreams of the victims mother have become part of the public record. They also alerted Luis' family and a formal search began. [11], On May 31, 2012, Antonio Gonzlez, main prosecutor, was removed from the case by Eduardo Montealegre, General Attorney, after frequent clashes with Jaime Granados, defense attorney of Laura Moreno, and substituted by Martha Luca Zamora. [16], The following day, Crdenas and Morenos' lawyer, Jaime Granados, came forward explaining that Ayola worked as security guard in a building complex far from the site of the events and that records proved he was working there that night. ", "CapturadoCarlosCrdenas,exnoviodeLauraMoreno-ArchivoDigitaldeNoticiasdeColombiayelMundodesde1.990-eltiempo.com", "Poramenazas,renuncielabogadodeJessyQuinteroencasoColmenares", "Aparecielotro"testigoclave"enelcasoColmenares", "JaimeGranados:"SabamosqueWlmerAyolamenta", "TestigoencasoColmenaresdicequeprobarqueestuvoenellugar", "MarioIguarnaceptdefenderaCarlosCrdenasporelcasoColmenares", "FrustranpresuntoplanparaatentarcontraelfiscaldelcasoColmenares", "DefensadeLauraMorenodenuncialfiscaldelcasoColmenares", Saldrtotalmentelibreeinocente:LauraMoreno(Entrevistacompleta), LauraMorenomiente,sostienemadredeLuisColmenares(Entrevistacompleta). There was no motive to kill Luis. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The last memory I have of him she claims in an interview is seeing his silhouette in the air. Whether on purpose or by accident, Colmenares fell into one of the canals that run through the park. Ayola claimed he came forward because he had been threatened. But having read many articles, and seen interviews which represent both side of the story both with the Colmenares family and fiscal prosecutors, and the defence and defendants accused or murder I strongly believe there was no crime committed, and the accusations against the student friends were false. The mother of Carlos Crdenas, Mara del Pilar Gmez, hired a lawyer, Aid Acevedo, to press Armando Novoa, Director of the National Prosecution Office, into changing the prosecutor in charge of the case. Both came from powerful and affluent families. He also explained that he was afraid because a partner that was with him that night, whom he identified only by the name of Cristian, had disappeared. He had been murdered. [20], On October 22, 2013, in an interview with RCN news, Wilmer Ayola confessed he had been paid to provide false testimony in support of the prosecutor's murder theory. The body was taken to the Colombian National Legal Medicine Institute for further evaluation. [10], On June 6, 2012, the prosecution stated that a witness of the events, Wilmer Ayola, came forward, claiming that the night of the events he saw a truck stopping in front of the park where the water channel is located. And careful examination of the timelines of known locations of the students, their phone-calls and actions showed no time for them to have caused or witnessed a murder or found the opportunity to cover it up. 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