One day after the lifeless body of Dilan Santiago Castro was found, A two-year-old boy reported missing in Bogotá His father, Marlon Castro, submitted his own statement to the Attorney General’s Office.
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The minor’s grandmother, Blanca Nubia Joven, had previously told EL TIEMPO that the man lived in Lebanon, a municipality in the Tolima region, and that he had until Saturday night to speak with authorities. But it didn’t show up.
“He said he didn’t have a child, but before that he called my daughter every day and said he was going to kidnap her because she was too weak (…) “He was very casual and very harsh on the kid,” she said.
Leidy Johana Rivas, Dilan Santiago’s aunt, added that Marlon was questioned by officials of the municipality where he lived, but was apparently not specific about his version of events.
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“They told me that the person interviewing him first asked a question, he answered, and 10 minutes later he repeated the same question, but when he answered again he said something different,” he said.
The two women assured that the minor child’s mother, Derly Yulieth, moved to Bogota at the beginning of this year because the man was “uncooperative with the child.”
“They were living apart because he hit my sister because he was drunk and they had been estranged ever since,” Leidy said.
Blanca said that Marlon filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office due to domestic violence.
Dilan Santiago’s father appeared at the Prosecutor’s Office this Sunday morning to tell his version.
In the comments Caracol News, He said it took him some time to get to the capital because he was working “on a farm below the Nevado del Ruiz steppe.”
“I had not been in contact with either his mother or my son for a month and a half. (…) Until 4 o’clock in the afternoon on Wednesday, they told me the reason why the child was missing.”
Regarding Dilan Santiago’s version of the allegations of abuse by her maternal family, Marlon stated that the separation was due to personal problems. “Cohabitation was no longer possible and there was a delicate issue with it,” he said.
The boy’s aunt, Valentina Castro, also said she had been helping authorities from the beginning. “I hoped my child would look alive and be well. “I cooperated with the Lebanese people, with Gaula,” he said.
The little boy disappeared last Tuesday, February 6, in Curubital village of Usme town, where his mother was cooking food on a farm.
The mother told the newspaper what happened: “I left him in the kitchen for a while and went and got some wood, put some clothes in the soap, it took five minutes and when I came back the child was gone.” afternoon.
Authorities launched an operation involving more than 150 people, including police, military and fire brigades, to find the little boy’s whereabouts.
Around 7:30 on Saturday morning, The sector worker who participated in the search found the child’s lifeless body in the potato field. According to the statements of relatives, the body was found without clothes and face down.
According to Colonel Juan Carlos Arévalo Rodríguez, operational commander of the Bogotá Metropolitan Police, Dilan Santiago’s body was found one kilometer from the house with no signs of violence.
He is currently in Forensic Medicine and an autopsy is being performed to determine the incident.
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Source: Exame
