A 70-year-old pensioner was murdered last Wednesday by a man who prevented him from leaving his home to walk his dog, forced him back inside and stabbed him multiple times with a kitchen knife.
Liliana, the wife of the victim, told authorities in Lanús, Argentina, that minutes after seeing her husband Arnaldo walking the dog, she saw him with 33-year-old Sandro Jonathan Giménez entered the house who threatened to kill him, La Nación reported.
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The woman assured that when she realized what was happening, he and her husband started fighting the attacker, who finally took a kitchen knife with which he attacked Arnaldo, injuring him in the stomach, back and head.
After the attack, the thief fled the home with two cellphones, money and the wedding rings he had taken from the couple, while Liliana called emergency services.
Although the paramedics who arrived at the house tried to help the pensioner, who was transferred to the Evita hospital, the man was pronounced dead at the health center.
Police at Lanús Police Station launched a full investigation that included reviewing surveillance cameras and interviewing other residents to locate and identify the suspect.
During the inspection, officers in Giménez found one of the stolen cellphones, the wedding rings and some of the stolen money.
“He had kept the victim’s wife’s cell phone. He reset it and changed the chip. He did it in case he got arrested. In addition, he uploaded photos to his social networks as if they were his own. “He bought the chip a few hours ago,” an investigator into the case told Telam.
In addition, authorities said that a small altar was found during a raid on Giménez’s home: “Most criminals confide in him,” the official said.
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Authorities were also able to arrest an accomplice of Giménez, identified as Emiliano Leonel Florentino, who did not enter the home to rob or harm the elderly couple, but was carrying a bag containing clothing worn by the killer at the time of the attack . the fatal attack on Arnaldo.
Buenos Aires police said that Giménez had previous convictions for other robberies.
Both detainees were made available to the prosecutor Sebastián Fernández of the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 5 of the Lanús Department of Justice, who charged Giménez with “aggravated murder” and “aggravated cover-up” of Florentino.
