He physical and mental deterioration increases for families of missing people who yesterday deplored the inability of the authorities to provide information about the progress in the investigations that, in many cases, have been unresolved for months and years.
For Altagracia Salomonwho lost her husband a year ago, Jefferson Penathe lack of response prevents closure of the duel, but even more so, when cases are abandoned by police and prosecutors without prior notification. This led her to turn to digital platforms to locate her partner.
Others lamented how, due to institutional complicity, those responsible feel secure in not being punished and repeat the process, such as the situation of Fraila Méndez, who lost her son Luis Mendéz two years and nine months ago. He narrated that the case was taken to trial with two defendants and they were released by the judge due to “insufficient evidence.”
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In the same order, Paulina Luciano complains that his mother Nurys Matos She has been missing for five years, and the accused was released due to lack of evidence despite being presented with attributable material.
The lack of specialized personnel, the lack of adequate forensic equipment and the absence of coordination also make it difficult to resolve these cases, as occurred in the search for the missing woman Ana Iris Román, 54 years old.
His son José Abreu explained that the tracking was stopped because the dog assigned by the km9 unit of the National Police had lost its sense of smell in the place where the GPS last marked his mother’s cell phone; the vehicle’s transmission failed. upon arriving and that day it started to rain, so they discarded the search and it has not been resumed, which they reproach.
Other testimonials
Manuel Antonio Mendezalong with his wife María Rodríguez, said that their son, Manuel, left in the family vehicle towards the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) from their home, in the Savica sector of the Los Alcarrizos municipality, on September 16, 2022. and since then they have not known his whereabouts.
Pamela García has not heard from her son Kendry Alcántara for three years, who disappeared after leaving his house in Los Montones in the municipality of Juan de Herrera, San Juan province.
He assured that he does not receive help from the authorities to find him. Likewise, other families with missing relatives are calling on President Luis Abinader to put himself in their shoes and respond to the complaints with more character.