The last conversation between Blanca Emeria Pardo Rosero and his daughter Yenny passed with the normality of any other day. The 72-year-old woman called her daughter around 8 pm on a Wednesday, as she usually did, and told her that she was collecting eggs to send them to her from San Bernardo, Nariño, where she lived.
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“The last time I spoke to her was on Wednesday. She called me and said: ‘What are you doing?’“Jenny recalled during an interview with the podcast ‘Let’s go for that’. In that conversation, his mother explained who was preparing three nests of eggs to send to her children: “I will finish collecting three nests of eggs to send them to you in the goat.”
Blanca Emira. Photo:Social networks.
It was an everyday conversation that, without either of them knowing, It would be the last. After that moment, Blanca stopped communicating with Yenny. The woman used to call her children and keep in touch with them, so The lack of response began to cause concern as the hours passed.
On Thursday he didn’t call her, something that, according to Yenny, could happen normally. But on Friday a situation occurred that caught her attention: Yenny’s son told her that his grandmother had tried to communicate with him. As it was already late, He decided to wait until Saturday to call his mother.
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At 8:40 on Saturday morning, Jenny dialed Blanca’s phone. The cell phone rang, but no one answered. “The cell phone rang. It rang. And nothing,” He recalled explaining that he insisted several times during the morning.
The daughter tried again around 10 a.m. and again around 11:30. At 12:40 he called again. Each time the same thing happened: The phone rang, but Blanca did not answer.
Blanca Emeria Pardo Rosero Photo:Podcast: Let’s go for that
While Yenny tried to locate her from afar, in San Bernardo her other daughter, Marisol, who lived with her and works as a nurse, He was also outside the house. According to Yenny, Marisol had left around 8 in the morning to care for a patient in another municipality. His return occurred at approximately 5 p.m.
When he got home, Blanca was not there.
The absence led Marisol to communicate with other family members. The brothers began asking neighbors and acquaintances if anyone had seen the elderly woman during the day. One of those people gave them a clue that allowed them to guide the search: He had seen Blanca moving towards the family plot.
Jenny remembered the conversation with the neighbor to explain how they managed to establish the last place where she had been seen. “We asked a neighbor. I said, ‘Have you seen my mother?'” he said. According to his story, The man claimed that he had seen Blanca passing through the pasture around 8 or 8:30 in the morning, carrying a poncho and a machete.
Sexual abuse of a 72-year-old adult in Nariño. Photo:TIME / iStock
The discovery of Blanca when she was still alive
The relatives headed towards that place. Blanca was inside the farm, in a pasture on her property located approximately 10 minutes walk from the house.
The finding was especially worrying because The woman was not in normal condition. Yenny said that her mother She was disoriented, in a state of shock and very affected by the cold. He still had vital signs, but He couldn’t explain what had happened to him.
“They found her alive,” the daughter said. When describing Blanca’s condition, he explained that the woman could practically not answer her relatives’ questions and repeated the same phrase: “Leave me alone.”
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The official report from the authorities after the discovery
The Nariño Police report, known by EL TIEMPO, indicates that Blanca was found “disoriented“and with “apparently signs of sexual abuse.” The institution stated that, at that time, it was unknown who had caused the injuries and that the events remained under investigation.
The seriousness of the situation made a neighbor request an ambulance. Blanca was initially transferred to the San Bernardo ESE to receive medical attention and She was later sent to Pasto.
Her daughter remembered the moment Blanca arrived at the first care center and explained that the injuries were visible. “My mother arrived very beaten, she arrived scratched, I mean, she had pieces of her arms torn,” Yenny stated.
The man was captured for the alleged sexual abuse of his grandmother in Santa Rosa de Cabal. Photo:TIME / iStock
The woman also had injuries to her back. Yenny related these injuries to the characteristics of the place where she was located. and explained why he considered that some could correspond to possible entrainment: “The back looked like it had been dragged because all the things in the grass are thorns.”
Added to the injuries was another factor that compromised his condition: the cold. According to Yenny, Blanca had remained exposed for several hours and came to present “Hypothermia. I was very cold,” she told when reconstructing the conditions in which she was cared for.
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The doctors They were not able to completely stabilize it in San Bernardo, so the decision was made to move her to Pasto. During the tour, her relatives tried to get some explanation from her about what happened, but his condition did not allow him to communicate clearly.
Jenny explained that they were trying to ask her questions and reassure her, but her mother’s answers were difficult to understand. “My mom just rambles and rambles. And you can’t understand her,” he recalled.
Blanca Pardo. Photo:Let’s go for that Podcast.
The family hoped that Blanca would be able to recover and later explain what had happened on the ground. However, his condition continued to deteriorate.
When Jenny was finally able to see her at the Pasto hospital, she said she found new evidence of the injuries she had suffered. “She arrived completely intubated, I checked her body and had many marks of aggression. She was scratched, her breasts were bitten,” story.
The children also tried to ask him directly who had caused the injuries. According to Yenny, Blanca was unable to understandably identify a person. The family even reviewed a video recorded after the discovery in which they asked what had happened.
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The woman was not able to give them an answer that they could interpret with certainty. For Jenny, this lack of information ended up becoming one of the most difficult parts of the case: “My mother, unfortunately, didn’t have time to say anything. So we were left with the unknown.”
Blanca remained hospitalized in Pasto while her relatives waited for her recovery. However, his condition worsened. The Nariño Police report indicates that the San Pedro Hospital later reported his death.
Yenny was with her mother during her last moments and recalled that doctors had already warned the family about the seriousness of her condition. Ultimately, the woman died in the hospital.
Sexual abuse of an adult over 72 years of age in Nariño. Photo:iStock
My mom died at 8:30 at night
YENNYDaughter of Blanca Emira.
The technical inspection of the corpse was carried out by the CTI of Pasto. The police report indicates that the events are the subject of investigation and that, at that time, the criminal report was pending. It also specifies that The health center had not initially reported the case to the National Police.
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Now, the investigation seeks to establish what happened between that last conversation on Wednesday and the moment Blanca was found in the pasture.
The authorities of Nariño confirmed to EL TIEMPO that The case was left in the hands of the CTI of the Prosecutor’s Office and it is expected that the progress of the investigations will clarify the circumstances of what happened and establish who or who would be responsible.
For their children, uncertainty remains. Yenny summarizes that question in a phrase that, according to what she said, has accompanied the family since the day of the discovery: “Who could have done that to him? Who? They are all neighbors, they have all seen us grow up.”
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If your life is at risk, you can call 123, the emergency line in Colombia. Also, if you or a woman in your environment is a victim of psychological, physical, economic or sexual violence, you can contact the national line 155. Likewise, you can report it to the lines of the Attorney General’s Office at the national number 018000919748, from your cell phone by dialing 122 or in Bogotá at 601 5702000.
Daniela Gutiérrez Munar
dangut@eltiempo.com
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