Lucio Dupuy’s murderers were sentenced to life imprisonment

(SPECIAL DELIVERY) Today at 12 p.m., after a process that began in November of last year, the Santa Rosa court has finally condemned the murderers of Lucio Dupuy to life imprisonment, Madeleine Esposito Valenti -the mother of the child- and Abigail Peace, his ex-partner. The decision of judges Alejandra Ongaro, Daniel Sáez Zamora and Andrés Olié was broadcast live on the Youtube channel of the Judiciary of Pampa. The arguments of unconstitutionality of the defenses relating to life imprisonment were rejected.

the two accused they were not present in the room, as they have done in previous hearings. They remained in the penitentiary complex of San Luis No. 1, where they are locked up and refused to listen to the imposition of their sentences, which will be communicated by their defenses. In exchange, Cristian, the victim’s father, and his grandfather Ramón were presentwhich has promoted the demand for justice in the case for more than a year.

Esposito Valentithe mother, had been declared on February 2 as the material author and criminally responsible for the crime of triple homicide qualified by bond, treachery and cruelty.

At the same time, Paez was declared the author of the material and criminally responsible for the crime of double capital homicide for treason and cruelty. His situation was even more serious: she was also convicted of the crime of sexual abuse with carnal access anally, aggravated for being the guardian and for having been committed against a minor under the age of 18, taking advantage of the pre-existing situation of coexistence, as a continuous crime.

During the preliminary hearing of allegations which took place this Monday, February 13, the prosecutor Veronique Ferrero He asked that the two defendants be sentenced to life imprisonment because, in the face of the crimes committed, the Penal Code only provides for this penalty.

The applicant lawyer representing the Dupuy family, Jose Mario Aguerridoagreed with the Crown’s proposal, but added the requirement that the sentence be indefinite confinementan alternative provided for in article 52 of the Criminal Code, in relation to article 80. Its bases, among other things, were based on the extent of the damage caused to “an absolutely vulnerable boy”, adding that Lucio’s crime was the end of a process child abuse.

Lucio Dupuy was assassinated on November 26, 2021 at the house on Allan Kardec Street at 2300 Santa Rosa, where he lived with his mother and the woman’s partner at the time.

According parquetrepresented in the debate by Veronique Ferrero, Monique Rivero there Marcos Saccothe defendants “physically, jointly assaulted” Lucio between 5:30 p.m. and 7:40 p.m. on November 26, 2021 in the house where they lived in Santa Rosa, causing him multiple wounds which caused his death, after a period of agony. His mother and companion had told the medical center that they took him, already dying, that a thief broke into his house and beat the boy: He was a lie. Páez appeared with the boy in his arms outside the medical room in the Río Atuel neighborhood, a short distance from his house. Several neighbors attempted to revive Lucio, who eventually lost his life in the city’s Evita Hospital.

Lucio died of internal bleeding caused by the beatings he received. Lucio’s torture happened months ago and the boy’s corpse reflected it. Before trial judges, Juan Carlos Toulouse – the coroner who carried out the autopsy on the body – reaffirmed his initial conclusions: he declared that the child had died of a “violent blow”. and that he presented “injuries in various parts of the body”, according to judicial sources.

He assured that there was been the victim of “recent and long-standing” sexual abuse, at the same time that he presented ‘a violent blow which affected the hip, the buttocks and the leg, with a date of 7 to 8 days’”.

“There was a specific attack that caused his death,” according to the autopsy presented in the file. In addition to the signs of abuse, he had burns and bite marks.

Before his death at Evita Hospital in Santa RosaLucio had received medical assistance at least five times in three months due to trauma at various health centers. Doctors who saw his injuries reported nothing. Neither did his kindergarten. The family judge Ana Clara Perez Ballester he had decided that Lucio should live with his murderers, without carrying out a socio-environmental study, after Lucio’s paternal aunt relinquished her possession.

At the beginning of this month, the bloc of Peronist deputies and the opposition benches of the province of La Pampa announced that they would promote a grand jury for bad behavior against the magistrate.

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