Jhonier Leal’s trial continues for the crime committed by stylist Mauricio Leal and his mother Marleny HernándezHe is the brother of the famous hairdresser, whom the prosecution lists as the prime suspect of the murders. However, new statements emerged incriminating another person’s alleged involvement in the murders.
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Leal and his mother were found dead in their luxury home in La Calera, Cundinamarca, in November 2021.. The case shocked some of the Colombian entertainment world, as he rubbed shoulders with several of the television, music and modeling stars he served at exclusive hair salons in Bogota.
The trial continues because Jhonier Leal does not accept the charges brought against him by the Prosecutor’s Office. This is September 21, His defense presented new testimony: It belongs to family friend Francisca Teresa Muñoz González.The one who said that another of Miss Marleny’s supposed sons had expressed the intention to kill them.
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“Marleny and I were very good friends. (…) Mauro and I were always talking on the phone, even I was wrong about birthdays. If his birthday was December 22, I would call him on November 22,” he said. The woman is before Judge 55th Criminal Chamber with the Information Function.
Muñoz confirmed in his affidavit that he also knew Carlos Andrés García.Another of Ms. Marleny’s children, Jamundí, is serving a prison sentence for sexual abuse in Valle del Cauca.
(See: Tension in the Jhonier Leal case: The lawyer will be investigated for delaying the process).
“I talked to Andrés all the time. Andrés was angry with Marleny because he didn’t want to help her, and so did Mauro,” he said. According to him, the man is asking his mother for legal fees etc. He wanted him to help him with matters.
“I talked to Marleny before they died. She was very worried, she told me that Andrés had bribed her: ‘Either you give me money or I’ll kidnap Mauro.’ Then Andrés called me and said ‘it’s worth killing them’“added.
When Muñoz learned that Leal and his mother were killed, he wanted to testify because what Andrés said seemed suspicious to him. However, he explained that he was attacked in front of his house: Men tried to take his life. He decided to remain silent from then on.
(See: In photographs: Physical evidence shown by the Prosecutor’s Office at the trial of Jhonier Leal).
He has now agreed to speak before the judge: “I came here because I had nothing to lose anymore, I was very sick. I said, ‘I need to talk about what Marleny said'”.
Family friend Leal Hernández asked for protection at the hearing Because he says he doesn’t know what will happen to him after these new statements in the case. The judge invited him to report the threats so authorities could assess the risks and take action.
In cross-examination, prosecutor Mario Burgos pressed Ms. Muñoz about Carlos Andrés’ alleged intentions. While the man denied the statements from Jamundí prison, he confirmed what he said.
The judge scheduled a new hearing for October 27, 2023 to continue hearing witnesses in the case.
Carlos Andrés García assured that he “suspected” Jhonier Leal and denied taking the lives of his mother and the stylist. For him, this is murder.
“From the beginning, I refused to believe that it was suicide. I don’t know if Jhonier suddenly got angry at my brother because he was successful or because he was jealous of my mother,” she expressed in the program. informers.
(Read: Mauricio Leal Case: Judge suspends hearing because defense has other commitments).
“Sometimes I imagine how much pain my mother would feel and how my brother would scream when this man stabbed her with the knife,” he said.
He also shared his reaction when he saw how Jhonier was captured: “I confirmed what I suspected. (…) Jhonier Leal is dead to me.”
After the bodies with stab wounds were found, the authorities began the investigation by collecting statements, videos from security cameras, text messages, bank transactions, WhatsApp voice notes, including Jhonier Leal at the center.
(Our tip: This is Jhonier Leal’s cell: he washes with buckets of water and has a television).
The prosecutor’s office accuses him of killing his relatives on the night of November 21, 2021 and preparing an environment to make it look like a suicide.. “You are responsible,” said prosecutor Mario Burgos.
The indictment against him states that investigators were able to determine that Jhonier “had just enough time to attack his mother, Marleny Hernández, in her room with a knife, causing instant death, and then move into the home of his brother, Mauricio.” The room where he put her in a defenseless position, inflicted several blows all over her body and face, and frightened her with a knife (stunned) to make her write and sign a letter.
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