Karely Merlano, a psychologist who worked in a foster home in Barrancabermeja, She was vilely murdered, apparently with a rope around her neck.
These young people, who already had a criminal record and were in custody for homicide charges, fled the scene after committing the crime. The authorities are advancing their search.
The situation is even more critical because the victim’s husband, social communicator and journalist for RCN Radio, Alejandro Cabarcas, expressed with deep pain that this threat had already been warned on several occasionswithout the transit home taking measures to relocate her.
Karelis Yenissa Merlano Viana Photo:Supplied to EL TIEMPO
He reported that previouslyTeenagers tried to poison her on several occasionsin addition to having repeatedly threatened her.
“I worked as a trainer in foster homes. The case I handled was minors with criminal behavior, and had already presented situations of insecurity. They insisted on continuing to send her to that same home; they did not have the consideration to locate her. A situation had already arisen where they had poisoned herThere were attacks, there were reports, They kept sending her to that house. There are four young people who had to have murdered her,” said Cabarcas.
He stated that he had had a conversation with her and had reached an agreement to resign on April 30 because the intimidations did not leave her alone.
For now, the Police and the CTI are advancing the investigation of this homicide that has generated great commotion in Barrancabermeja and throughout the department of Santander.
What does the Magdalena Medio Police say?
The National Police reported that on Thursday night, around 9:00 pm, the homicide of Karelis Yenissa Merlano Viana, 48 years old, inside a house that functioned as temporary home in the La Libertad neighborhood of Barrancabermeja.
According to the preliminary version, the crimen would have been committed by four teenagers that they tried to escape from the place and that, in the midst of the events, they caused the death of the psychologist through mechanical asphyxiation.
It’s not time to be silent Photo:ELTIEMPO Archive
Thanks to the deployment of Padlock Plan in commune 3, the authorities managed toThe arrest of two young people, ages 15 and 17, who remained at the disposal of justice within the framework of the Criminal Responsibility System for Adolescents.
hours lateranother minor under 15 years of age was located on the outskirts of the Special District and His rights were restored in accordance with established protocols.
The Police assured that the others involved are already fully identified and linked to the investigative process.
In a statement, the institution regretted what happened and reiterated: “Our commitment is to clarify of this fact and with the protection of the life and safety of all citizens.”
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