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Luis Andrés Colmenares Escobar (May 23, 1990, Villanueva (La Guajira), Colombia - October 31, 2010, Bogotá D.C., Colombia) was an economics and industrial engineering major student at Los Andes University in Bogotá D.C., Colombia, who was found dead under suspicious circumstances on October 31, 2010, after going to a Halloween party at a club in the popular "Zona Rosa". Initial investigations explained Luis Andres' death as a result of a suicide, but almost a year later prosecutors found enough evidence to consider that Colmenares did not commit suicide, but rather was murdered. Ten months after Luis' death, the investigation was re-opened and suspects were named in the case. The prosecutor in this case was removed in a controversial decision by Colombia's Attorney General in May 2012 after constant complaints by counselor for the defense. In June 2012, Carlos Cárdenas was charged with Luis Colmenares' murder and detained.〔http://www.citytv.com.co/videos/798436/captura-de-carlos-cardenas-por-caso-colmenares〕 ==Facts== On October 30, 2010, Luis Andrés went to a Halloween costume party at a night club in the popular Zona Rosa in Bogotá with his date, Laura Moreno, as well as Jessi Quintero, and several other friends and classmates. According to Moreno and Quintero, they left the party around 3:15 a.m. local time on October 31, 2010. Luis was allegedly very anxious and he went out walked away. Jessi and Laura said they followed him and that Luis claimed he was feeling hungry, so the three of them went to eat while the rest of the group got Laura's SUV from the parking lot. Moreno and Quintero later told law enforcement that, after buying a hot dog, all of a sudden and without any explanation, Colmenares started to run "like crazy" towards El Virrey park, which was about 10 minutes walking distance from the hot dog stand. Jessi allegedly stayed at the hot dog stand waiting for her friends while Laura followed Luis. According to Laura, after she tried to stop him several times, Luis jumped into a drain located at El Virrey park. Jessi said that she was picked up by a group of friends, called Luis Andres' cell phone and Laura answered the call. She explained that Laura was frantic and told her that Luis jumped in the water channel (which was less than 50 cm deep) and that she was unable to see him anymore. Supposedly, the group of friends met Laura at the park and started looking for Luis. After a couple of hours of not finding him, they sought police help at a station nearby. They also alerted Luis' family and a formal search began. Oneida Escobar, mother of Luis Andrés, went to the park to look for her son at 6 a.m. after Laura and Jessi called Luis brother. She initially started looking in hospitals and police stations. In the meantime, the police and firemen were conducting an exhaustive search around the area without any results. Around 6 p.m. on October 31, 2010, Oneida Escobar begged the firemen and police officer to look again under the drift where, according to Moreno, Colmenares jumped. After finding nothing, the firemen retired. Another call was received around 9 p.m. and when the firemen returned to search again, they found the dead body of Colmenares about 400 feet away from where Moreno said Luis had jumped. The body was taken to the Colombian National Legal Medicine Institute for further evaluation. The result of the first autopsy, showed Colmenares had a grade 3 of alcohol intoxication, which should have impaired him heavily, and confirmed the hypothesis of a suicide. Under this concept, the case was closed. The authorities originally ruled Luis Andres's death as a suicide. However, the Colmenares family never accepted that theory. According to the autopsy performed at Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses, by Leslie del Pilar Rodríguez, Luis Colmenares suffered a violent death, but she omitted several key details. A second autopsy by Máximo Duque, former director of the same Institute, hired by the Colmenares family and research done by Prosecutor Antonio González found that:〔http://noticias.terra.com.co/nacional/fiscalia-encontro-60-inquietudes-en-necropsia-de-uniandino,c4c5690e0a723310VgnVCM20000099f154d0RCRD.html〕 * Dr. Rodriguez reported initially that the body had one wound, a second autopsy found seven more, none compatible with a fall. * One of the wounds was caused by a bottle, other wounds seemed to be inflicted with a knife. * Scratchs on Colmenares' knees and chest indicated he was dragged around * Coagulation of vessels of the body shows he was lying upwards for 12 hours and he was found lying down in the channel. * Firemen searched exhaustively the shallow drainage channel, with a water current only 50 cm deep, from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m. because Laura Moreno insisted he was there. After they retired they received an anonymous call and when they returned after three hours of ending the search, at 9 p.m. the body was found immediately. * Luis Colmenares was asphyxiated. He also had wounds inflicted while alive, while agonizing, and after his death. * The victim was deeply intoxicated * All the 17 security camera recordings around the park where the channel is located disappeared mysteriously * All the clothes of the victim disappeared * The police report of the incident was lost * Carlos Cárdenas, indicted with murder, sold his car three days after the events but he has been unable to locate the car or the buyer * The mother of Carlos Cárdenas, María del Pilar Gómez, hired a lawyer, Aidé Acevedo, to press Armando Novoa, Director of the National Prosecution Office, into changing the prosecutor in charge of the case. Both are indicted with obstruction of justice. The prosecution intercepted cell phone calls between both women talking about the best way to change the course of the case.〔http://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/capturado-carlos-cardenas-exnovio-de-laura-moreno_11924930-4〕 It is noteworthy that the same forensic institute that performed the autopsy had been under fire recently for allegedly distorting evidences and that Camilo Herrera, one of its investigators, not related with this case, was accused of presenting false titles and changing forensic clues to suit criminal third parties for twenty years, not being even a registered medic. Over two thousand cases handled by Herrera are under investigation. He was expelled from the Institute and received a heavy disciplinary sentence. His penal trial is being held during 2012.〔http://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-11130603.html〕 These antecedents helped to create a strong public reaction to such extraordinary discrepancies between both autopsies. The mother of Luis Andrés was sought by some hosts at several popular programs and presented dramatic radio interviews complaining about the inconsistencies. The accusations against Cárdenas mother received also wide diffusion. When his mother was accused, Cárdenas was not indicted but acting in defense of his girlfriend by way of his family.〔http://www.caracol.com.co/audio_programas/llevar/mi-hijo-si-recibio-amenazas-pero-nunca-me-conto-oneida-escobar/20111026/llevar/1568074.aspx〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Death of Luis Andres Colmenares」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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