The 4th Court of Judgment of Ciudad Bolívar decreed a conviction consisting in 17 years and 6 months in prison for José Gregorio Castro Araya (18), for his responsibility in the death of his stepfather Yonathan José Gutiérrez Orfila (25), which occurred on June 30, 2021 in the Unión de la Parroquia Vista Hermosa neighborhood, a Angostura municipality of the Orinoco municipality of the Bolívar state, the Public Ministry reported.
For his relationship with this case, the mother of the aggressor and couple of the victim, Norma Carolina Araya (45) was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
In the early hours of that day, Castro Araya heard shouts in his father’s room, so he immediately went to the place with his brother, where the woman and her partner argued.
During the fact, the victim threatened both brothers not to intervene in the altercation, which is why he began a fight with the convicted today, who hit him in the chest and pushed him against the wall until the woman separated them. Hours later, Gutiérrez Orfila was transferred to the Ruiz and Páez hospital university complex in Ciudad Bolívar, where he entered without vital signs, which is why the doctors on guard alerted the Cicpc for presenting bruises in the body.
After research work, it was determined that the man died as a result of the blows caused by his stepson, while the woman hid what happened.
For this reason, the mother and her son were apprehended by the Cicpc in response to an arrest warrant agreed by the 2nd Control Court of Ciudad Bolívar. They prosecuted him for qualified intentional homicide.
