The researchers of double crime of the altar boy Germán Zucarelli and his aunt 75-year-old, attacked with bullets on Friday night in the Buenos Aires town of Lanús, they found a new track that could help solve the case: a car without license which was captured by security cameras in the area fleeing at full speed.
The double crime occurred around 10:30 p.m. on Friday on General Pico and General Guido streets, about four blocks from the 8th police station. from the Villa Obrera neighborhood, in the Lanús district, in the southern area of Greater Buenos Aires.
Zucarelli was walking with his aunt when they were both attacked with bullets from a vanalmost without saying a word, something that draws the attention of researchers.
This Monday, the police were able to establish that the attackers used a VolksWagen CrossFox car. “We are doing a survey of more videos, but We have him recorded fleeing at full speed after the shots. It’s a dark VW CrossFox“, said to Telam a police chief who participates in the investigation.
The source revealed that the car drove “without cans,” which in police jargon means that The criminals took the precaution of removing the front and rear license plates of the vehicle.or to go commit the double murder. “The car must be legal, not stolen,” said another of the investigators working on the investigation.
The case is investigated by prosecutor María Silvia Bussano, in charge of the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 7 of Lanús, who described the case as a “double homicide aggravated by the use of a firearm.”
Judicial spokespersons indicated that the prosecutor is awaiting the results of the autopsies of Zucarelli, who died the same night of the attack, and of his aunt Ana Russo (75), who died on Sunday afternoon after being hospitalized for a day and a half. .
According to preliminary reports, Zucarelli died as a result of six shots in the torso area and his aunt from at least four shots that hit her in the abdomen..
What is known about the double crime
The shots were fired by a single person, who got out of the CrossFox and fired multiple shots with a 22 caliber weapon.
“All hypotheses are open at this time and are under analysis. The motive is not clear, only that, Due to the mechanics of the event, it would not appear to be a robbery. Everything indicates that they were going to be executed“explained a researcher.
Zucarelli was the owner of a Santeriahad active participation in the church in his area, had no children and lived with his parents.
“Today violence takes away a friend, ‘El Tano’ Germán Zucarelli. A prayer for his eternal rest and that we are left with the memory of a man of faith, a man of solidarity, with virtues and defects like any Christian, with a deep faith in Christ and Mary who are surely already receiving him in their arms,” a friend of the altar boy posted on Facebook.
The community of the Santuario San Cayetano Parish, meanwhile, published a farewell to Russo on social networks. “Dear brothers, we inform you that today she left for the Father’s house, Ana Russo. Who was Germán Zucarelli’s aunt. We pray for her eternal rest. May God grant the necessary strength to his entire family, and in his strength they can continue,” the message says.
