The area of Altos de San Lorenzo where he was assassinated Pedro Zaratethe 50-year-old musician who was stabbed and mutilated, does not come out of the shock, while in the last hours of this Thursday it was learned that his wife – the main suspect in the attack – She is unable to testify and had to be admitted to the San Martín Polyclinic.
As previously reported, the man was stabbed to death and with his genitals amputated at his home in the city of 81 and 28, where he lived with his wife and 6-year-old son. As a suspect in the crime, they arrested his wife, who was later admitted to a hospital since “is not in a position to be subjected to criminal proceedings”Police sources informed the Telam agency today.
This situation opens a big question about the “imputability” of the woman. A judicial source explained about the defendant, identified as Florence Amado Cattaneothat “It cannot be said if he is not impeachable or not, but what is certain is that at the moment he is not in a position to submit to criminal proceedings”.
The case became known when the victim’s sister-in-law (sister of his alleged murderer) found Zárate mutilated and murdered when she went to look for him at his house, worried because she hadn’t heard from him since Sunday and he hadn’t answered his phone calls.
Upon entering the house located on a high floor of 81 28, where the man lived with his sister, The woman found him lying on the bed, with stab wounds to the chest and other parts of the body and with his genitals severed, the spokespersons detailed.. After her discovery, the woman notified the police, to whom she informed that last Tuesday her sister, Florencia, had appeared at her mother’s house, in Gonnet, with her hands stained with blood.
Immediately, the investigation focused on the victim’s wife and it was established that the defendant had fled the place in her blue Fiat Palio vehicle, which was later found abandoned in the vicinity of Parque Saavedra, on Calle 12, between 65 and 66.
It is believed that from that place the suspect boarded a taxi that took her to her mother’s home, located at 1900 490 street, between 14 and 14 bis, Gonnet, where she was apprehended and placed at the disposal of the Functional Unit of Instruction (UFI) 1 of La Plata.
WHO IS PEDRO ZARATE?
Pedro Zárate (they were known as Piter by his friends and acquaintances) was a native of the province of Córdoba, but had lived in the city for a long time. In addition to being a trumpeter, he was an actor and a fervent activist for Human Rights, having been part of the “Teatro x la identidad” cycle, while now he was linked to the cultural center of the Provincial Station, in Meridiano V.
According to his profiles on social networks, he was also married to the alleged murderer since 2011 and had a 6-year-old son with her, who, it is worth noting, was not in the place when everything happened since he was being cared for. of his paternal grandparents.
Zárate’s death led to an innumerable number of messages on social networks remembering him. One of them says: “I still don’t fall, in shock and I think we will never understand. I want to remind you between cables, consoles, speakers and artists, just as we have lived together for the last 15 years. Years and years of putting together sound to carry out dreams, projects and delusions in the Provincial Station, hundreds of Sundays at the fair next to the circus ring, countless shows, there they go and will remain on the cobblestones and memories of those who were there”, was one of the messages that was spread on social networks. The publication is accompanied by images of Zárate enjoying the activities that he promoted in the iconic building at 17 and 71.
