Relatives of Matías denounced that his attacker is still free and called on the competent authorities to act. Pixabay

Although it is not an unprecedented event, a few hours ago the opinion of forensic medicine was confirmed, according to which the baby Matías Silva, who died in January 2023 apparently from blows and burns visible on his body by his stepfather, he was tortured, sexually assaulted and hanged with a cell phone charger cord.

Matías was taken to a health center with no vital signs, and despite the best efforts of doctors and hospital staff, the baby he died a few hours after being transferred.

A month ago, the minor’s uncles denounced having himself been the victim of torture in a house in the town of Santa Fe, and pointed out that the responsible would have been the mother and her sentimental partner.

“Now we only ask that they catch the aggressor, who is free and continues in Bogotá. What about authorities who don’t deliver justice? told the media city ​​television Matías’ uncle, Jonathan Herrera, and who on February 23 asked the competent authorities to act quickly to make the corresponding captures:.

Now, according to Forensic examinations, the baby was strangled with a cellphone cable, suffered blows, burns and signs of sexual assault. “Si estuviera vivo, hubiera quedado cuadripléjico”, mencionó el familiar, quien no solo agregó que está siendo amenazado por las hermanas del supuesto victimario, sino que se sstiene en su hipótesis inicial e insistirá que el padrastro y la mamá del baby sean captured as soon as possible.

“The presence of signs of violence and injuries in the infant’s body has been established in the abdomen, back, extremities, back and buttocks, which corresponds to old and recent traumas (… ) cerebral edema, hematoma on the optic nerve and spinal cord. In addition to sexual assault, due to abrasions in the perianal region and tears, ”says the autopsy performed.

Finally, in this regard, regarding the responsibility that the mother of the baby could have around his death, his relatives indicated that, although they do not believe that she acted directly against her son, they was responsible for enabling the beatings, abuse and assault by your romantic partner. “She’s part of me, I know that, but she managed to stop this from happening to the baby and she didn’t,” Jonathan said.

Another case which had a public impact and which was also made public on Thursday 23 February is that of a man who would be responsible for having abused his stepdaughter for almost three years and who, following these assaults, the minor, at age 12, would have been pregnant. These events occurred in the Danubio neighborhood, south of Bogotá, and the CTI captured the aggressor.

What the prosecution indicates is that the victim decided to denounce his attacker, which is why the assaults stopped at the age of 15. There pursuit charged the stepfather with the crimes of abusive carnal access with a child under 14 and violent carnal access.

And there was a third case: that of Didier Steven Salas Cabarcas, who was for follow-up for allegedly sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl in the neighborhood of La Toscana, in the municipality of Suba on January 16 and 17, 2023. This attacker fled to Villavicencio, the town where the CTI captured him.

The prosecution charged this person with the offenses of sexual acts with a child under the age of 14 and aggravated sexual assault with a child under the age of 14.

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