Thursday May 11, 2023 | 5:30 p.m.
“Your Judge, justice for my mother”, read the cardboard carried by the son of Daniela Radke (23), the young woman murdered a week ago in San Vicente, an act for which a suspect who was recorded moving the body from the victim on his motorcycle.
The 6-year-old boy led a massive march that took place yesterday through the main avenues of the city. At times solemn, with the banner extended; in others squeezing the photos of her mother in her arms, as if wanting to hug her.
Aron’s image moved locals and strangers. The sadness in his gaze synthesized the tragedy that shook a family and an entire community that called for “Justice”, “Not one less” and “Life for the murderer”.
Some 500 people joined the march and Judge Gerardo Casco attended to the family. Photos: Alexander Wereszczuk
“Today we are the cry of those who can no longer ask for help. We simply ask for justice, because today it seems that we have to beg for justice. There is time for everything and today we have to cry for the murder of Daniela, and we ask God to give wisdom to the authorities to clarify the case and that justice be done,” said Pastor Alfredo Campos before the march.
Around 500 people participated in the demonstration that started from in front of the Second Sectional and moved to the headquarters of the Third Investigating Court, with intervention in the file.
Fiorella and Daniela’s mothers embraced in pain.
Nélida Dos Santos, Daniela Radke’s mother, was broken and could barely stand up, for which she had to be permanently assisted by her other children.
“We were nine siblings and now we are eight because a bloody murderer ruined all of our lives. Daniela was a good person, a loving daughter, a great sister and an excellent mother. There are no words for what they did to her, ”lamented her sister Yanina Radke.
key test
Regarding the fact, he commented that last Thursday in the middle of the afternoon the now detainee looked for his sister from her home, about seven kilometers from the urban area of San Vicente, to transfer her by motorcycle to the tenancy where she lived, on Néstor Kirchner avenue.
In dialogue with El Territorio, he said that he knew the suspect by sight, who was a friend of Daniela and other sisters because they trained boxing in the same gym.
“We never thought he would be able to do that because he seemed like a normal, calm person. That day she said they were going to eat a stew and then she would come back. At nine at night she made a video call to my mom to tell her that she was fine, that she was having dinner and was coming back. But she did not come back because the damned murdered her, ”Yanina lamented.
According to a spokesperson for the case, in the aforementioned video call the victim’s mother identified an armchair that was later found at the home of the person involved.
But the key evidence to find the suspect arose from the comparison of the recordings of the security cameras of the tenancy where he lived, since the sequence allows us to observe when they arrived on a motorcycle late on Thursday afternoon.
Likewise, the contribution of the recordings gave a shocking and forceful image, since after 2 in the morning on Friday it is seen that the defendant loaded the inert body of the victim on the front of the motorcycle and went out into the street. Then he returned alone.
Daniela Radke’s body was found early Friday on the access street to the Unido neighborhood, on some weeds on the side of the road.
heinous crime
At first, his identification was difficult because he did not carry documents, nor was he from the neighborhood or the area. The identity came to light because of the piercings and a tattoo the victim had.
As this medium has been reporting, the preliminary result of the autopsy determined “asphyxia by strangulation” as the cause of death.
Meanwhile, the spokespersons consulted detailed that in this first report no indications were detected that the young woman was the victim of a sexual attack.
In this sense, although a few hours after the arrest of Alan Calixto C. it emerged that he himself had a record for crimes against sexual integrity, the day before a high-ranking source specified that said charges correspond to another suspect who had the case in hand. the first few hours, who was later ruled out.
The mobilization ended in front of the Investigating Court Three.
“The detainee has a record but for acts against property, not for sexual abuse,” he said.
He also mentioned the existence of semen in the victim’s body, material that was collected for the corresponding DNA comparison.
In this regard, there are indications that the young woman would have had consensual sexual relations with the suspect and that she was murdered in bed.
After perpetrating the crime, the person involved dressed the corpse and placed the underwear inside the pants. From there he loaded her onto the motorcycle, of which a film record remained, to dispose of the body in the United neighborhood.
In the first instance, the victim’s cell phone was not found either, since the alleged perpetrator left his backpack and belongings at the premises of an acquaintance, who, upon learning of his arrest, notified the Police. Now the phone will be subjected to technical expertise in search of data that contribute to the cause.
“He destroyed our lives”
In the mobilization the day before, Daniela Radke’s family highlighted the police investigation for the speed in which they found the evidence that allowed the suspect to be identified and arrested.
“We have no complaints for the Police because they acted quickly and found the murderer. What we ask is that Justice act thoroughly and give him the maximum punishment. It destroyed our lives. My mother is very ill, and not even to think about my little nephew who lost his mother,” lamented Mara, Daniela’s sister.
Upon arriving in front of Investigating Court Three, the protesters demanded justice and requested the presence of Judge Gerardo Casco. After several minutes, the magistrate agreed to receive the victim’s mother and sisters.
“The judge did not attend and told us that he is very committed to the investigation, that the Police have a lot of evidence and that we stay calm, that justice will be done. We told him that we want a life sentence and he told us that he is all set for that, ”Mara remarked.
In turn, several women expressed their feelings out loud and demanded more security in a city that in recent years has suffered serious events, such as the femicide of Fiorella Aghem, the 20-year-old girl murdered by her ex Leopoldo Borovski, who later he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The case of 15-year-old Candela Correa de Melo, who disappeared on February 3, 2018 and was never found, was also recalled.
Pablo Correa de Melo, Candela’s father, was present at the mobilization, as was Mercedes Pereira, Fiorella Aghem’s mother.
mobilized community
In dialogue with this morning, Mercedes Pereira commented that she accompanied Daniela Radke’s mother from the beginning and was with her waiting for the body that was sent from the Posadas judicial morgue.
“When I saw her body, I saw my daughter’s body inside the coffin and it was very difficult. They were tears of blood. I’ve been through that and I know how she feels. It is the worst thing that can happen to a mother. There are no words,” she mused.
Although the call the day before was important, for Pereira “today (yesterday) we would have to be all the town together asking for justice for Daniela, for Fiorella and for Candela, because we must remember them.”
“Justice is always halfway, we are easy prey, there is a life sentence but there is an appeal and that is not justice,” he mentioned that the sentence for his daughter’s murderer is not yet final.
She assured that her daughter’s femicide was a before and after in her life, while insisting that “the entire community has to help us mothers, what they did to Daniela they did to my daughter. Until when will it happen? We are broken families and we ask for accompaniment. Where are the Human Rights, because until now no one has come to my house to ask how we are doing”.
For his part, Pablo Correa de Melo stressed the importance of accompanying these types of demands for justice, since “many think that they will not be touched, but no one is free. I have been looking for my daughter for five years and I will continue until I get an answer. Society has to commit and demand that the authorities investigate. Enough of deaths and disappearances”.
Daniela Radke’s sisters anticipated that in the coming days they will call for another march again. Meanwhile, tomorrow the suspect would be summoned for investigation.
