Veronica Zapana S. / La Paz
The Police presume that Wilma Fernández was in a sentimental relationship for two years with her femicide Jashiro Hayakawa and that she had to lend him $20,000 for a business.
“Jashiro was indeed one of Wilma’s partners. Their relationship began at the end of 2020,” Rodrigo Conde, investigator of the case belonging to the trafficking and smuggling division of the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc) La Paz, told Page Seven.
According to the director of this unit, Boris Gutiérrez, Wilma and Jashiro met before because they were both at the Bolivian Catholic University. “Both studied at that house of studies, but in different careers,” he said.
According to the family, thanks to her training as a business administrator she got a job in Spain and London. But other relatives indicated that she worked caring for children and the elderly in Spain.
Almost a month ago, Wilma arrived in the country for her dad’s New Year’s Eve and to do some paperwork. On March 22, the woman disappeared and after eight days of searching, the Police found her body in Chuspipata, the old road to Coroico.
Conde reported that despite the fact that Wilma went to London, she and Jashiro did not lose contact, so their relationship continued virtually and through social networks.
The day of the disappearance, Wilma and Jashiro met in La Paz. He took her to her house. Through images, the entrance of the young woman to that house, located in a condominium of the Lomas de Achumani, is seen. According to the investigation, the young woman did not come out alive from that place and in a video it is seen how Jashiro takes out a light blue bag with residues in which he later put the body of his victim.
The police commander, Jhonny Aguilera, reported that after the investigations it was established that “the motives that led Jashiro to commit the femicide are passionate and economic.”
“There is an economic touch, because Wilma had talked with this subject about the possibility of starting a business,” said the police chief. He assured that the victim had money in her house, 20,000 dollars, in pounds sterling (currency of England). He stated that the money was “wrapped in tinfoil” and apparently the victim had to give it to the assailant for the deal. However, Aguilera clarified that “the delivery was not finalized.”
Conde said that Raúl, the victim’s brother, went on March 25 to file the complaint for the disappearance of the 39-year-old woman. He assured that he did not do it before her because she – although not usually – stayed to sleep with her friends. The family waited for her to arrive, but he started looking for her because she also didn’t waste much time without saying where she was.
Once the complaint was received, the Police began the investigations in coordination with the Public Ministry and requested the chip database. “To view incoming and outgoing call traffic and data usage.” Thanks to this work, the reference to where the last location of the victim would be marked was known. It was where the defendant of femicide lived.
Photo: Carlos Sánchez / Page Seven
Jashiro’s three alibis
Aguilera explained that the first time police questioned Jashiro, “he denied having a relationship with Wilma,” but he lied. She gave -also- an incorrect address.
He indicated that the vehicle he was driving belonged to his mother. “It was identified that he made a load of gasoline on the way to Chuspipata.”
According to the Police, the aggressor moved the victim’s phone to “mislead” the investigation. Conde said that when making this journey, the author implied that Wilma “was alive”, but he had already killed her.
The phone stopped working in the condo where Jashiro lived. “Apparently he would have hidden the device.”
Aguilera indicated that the aggressor is a “fetishist”. She “he removed the victim’s clothing and it is not known where he hid or buried her.”
The Prosecutor’s Office reported that the aggressor has already been imprisoned for trafficking. Justice sent him to San Pedro for six months. The process for femicide is missing.
Wilma was buried yesterday in the midst of tears, much pain and calls for justice.
