Scientific Police agents who analyzed the DNA remains after the fatal beating of Samuel Luiz, in the early hours of July 3, 2021 in La Coruña, found the genetic profile of one of the accused, Diego MM, on the face of the victim who files a complaint and testifies. considered to be the initiator of the attack. These police officers added that they had also found genetic traces in some broken glass in the area. In this case they attribute them to Alejandro FG, the person who, according to witnesses and accusers, grabbed the deceased by the neck with the “mataleón” technique, in addition to hitting him, and who took a bottle from a leisure establishment where the accused had been.
Officers giving evidence during another day of the murder trial said they could not confirm whether the genetic material reached the victim through contact or transfer. They said this while answering questions from defense lawyers, reports Europa Press. In the nails, knuckles and palm of Samuel Luiz’s hand, they only found his own genetic profile, these agents added, explaining that they cannot determine whether he defended himself or not.
Another police officer from the team who carried out the investigation and who took Kaio ASC’s statement, indicated that, during a first appearance, he provided them with “a lot of information” including placing Diego MM, Alejandro FG and Catherine SB. From Alejandro MR present at the scene, another accused and to questions from his defense, declared that he did not find him a participant. “I don’t remember him saying he participated in the attack,” he later clarified about the only woman accused and his lawyer’s questions.
“It seems like he was just watching, like he witnessed it,” he said of what Kaio said, unlike some witnesses who claimed to have seen him kick the victim, as captured by cameras present in the area, according to the statements of other police officers who investigated the case.
Already detained, the officer who testified today Thursday said Kaio ASC “freely and willingly told them what he had done with the phone”, in reference to the fact that he had kept Samuel’s device Luiz, an act for which, in addition to the crime of murder, another is accused of violent robbery. What he told them was “that he threw it in a container near his house.”
For the five accused, sentences ranging from 22 to 27 years in prison are required. In the case of two, Diego MM and Catherine SB, with aggravated discrimination due to the sexual orientation of the victim.
