Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EFE) that his story “is contrary to the laws of nature.”
During the second day of the trial held at the Las Palmas Court against Raúl Díaz Chacón, both the Civil Guard sergeant who led the investigations and the forensics have pointed out that the only scientific evidence they have of what happened is that the statements of the defendant as to how he dismembered the body are not true.
Already in the first session of the trial, Díaz Chacón admitted for the first time in four years that he killed Romina at dawn on New Year’s Day in 2019, and that he later made her body disappear, thus retracting his first version: that she was found dead at her wife when he returned home at dawn and that he burned and threw the body into the sea because he feared that he would be blamed, since Romina had previously denounced him for sexist violence.
In this way, the forensics, to questions from the parties, have pointed out that the barbecue that the defendant has said he used to burn the body cannot exceed 350 degrees, which prevents, for example, any type of material from disappearing. bony matter such as the skull or teeth.
“He says that the skull is not there and that he does everything with his hands and the barbecue plates, and he assures that he can split and separate everything, bones and organs, with his hands. But that cannot happen as he says, other things had to happen or use other mechanisms, ”the coroner has had an impact.
He has also explained to the jury that when a body is charred, the internal organs remain unscathed, which prevents him from simply putting the victim’s remains in garbage bags with his hands.
“With those temperatures it is impossible for the bones to have lost resistance to fracture. He has had to use mechanical tools to overcome the resistance of the bones, ”said the forensic doctor.
He has also stressed that to access the lung, the only remains of Romina found, “intense intervention is needed with tools to open the ribcage, so it is likely that there was dismemberment prior to the fire, so it is not true” .
On the other hand, regarding his behavior, forensics have highlighted the “egocentric” and “self-control” thoughts that they perceived during the interviews with the accused, whom they have described as a “thoughtful and calculating” person as well as a victimizer.
Regarding whether habitual drug use, especially cocaine, could have affected the notion of mastery of the situation, they have ensured that there was no decrease in the defendant’s cognitive abilities. “He is the only one who knows what happened,” the forensics have concluded.
The Civil Guard also found inconsistencies in the different accounts of the defendant, especially with regard to the start times of the barbecue fire, for example, which differ from his initial account.
The members of the Armed Institute have also reported that Díaz Chacón, with the aim of keeping open the hypothesis of Romina’s escape, went so far as to order clothes from her mobile phone, to pretend that she was still alive.
The investigating sergeant in the case also recalled that traces of blood were found in the shower joint, in the bedroom and in a duvet, although he pointed out that it was not in large quantities.
Romina’s fingernail with remains of the defendant’s skin was also collected, as well as a contact lens and a false eyelash thrown around the house, which, in the opinion of the Civil Guard, indicates that there could have been a physical fight prior to death, since that days later it was verified, thanks to the statement of a person who had been with Díaz Chacón four days after the murder, that he had wounds and scratches on his arms.
The agent has also agreed with the forensics, and has dismissed as incoherent the way in which Díaz Chacón describes how he got rid of the remains, especially in reference to the places where he says he threw them into the sea.
During his statements, Romina’s husband came to mark with an X the places where he claimed that the remains had come off, such as the area of Los Ancones, where he threw the young woman’s lung, and, according to his testimony, in Los Hervideros , where Díaz Chacón has claimed to have thrown away the barbecue plates along with Romina’s lower limbs.
However, the sergeant has denied that the latter could be so, since the investigations with divers in the area were unsuccessful, despite the fact that it is not a particularly deep place, so any bulky object would have been found, especially in those weeks in which the weather and the state of the sea were exceptionally good.
The agent has also alluded to the “theatricality” of Raúl’s behavior during the reconstruction and has assured that “it seemed that he was delighted to be there.”
In this sense, he has said that “he was a collaborator” and “quick of mind”, since when he noticed his inconsistencies “he changed his version”.
Finally, the agent recalled that Díaz Chacón deliberately deleted the Google locations and during the days prior to his arrest “he turned off his mobile for many hours, especially at night.”
In this session, a couple friends of Romina and Raúl also testified, who reported that Díaz Chacón was a jealous person who “controlled her, attacked her, and annulled her in every way.”
In this way, Romina’s friend pointed out that the defendant often “spoke badly” of the victim with expressions and terms such as “he went to bitch” or “he stole money from me.”
After the end of the trial, Romina Celeste’s mother, Miriam Rodríguez, said in statements to the media that today had been the “saddest” day of her entire life, having to listen and learn “more things” about the death of her daughter.
“They always label my daughter with things, but no one had the right to touch her. I feel an immense rage and despair and I just want her to say where she is buried. 15, 20 or 30 years do not bring my daughter back to me, so the sentence imposed on her does not matter ”, she lamented.
The trial will resume this Tuesday at 9:30 with the final conclusions of the parties. EFE
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