Lola Chomnalez Case

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Lola Chomnalez Case
CourtCourt First Shift of Rocha
Full case nameLola Chomnalez Case
Decided(2014-2022)
Court membership
Judge(s) sittingSilvia Urioste, Sahiana Sena, Rossana Ortega, Juan Manuel Giménez
Keywords
homicide, asphyxia

The Lola Chomnalez Case (Spanish: Caso Lola Chomnalez) was a Uruguayan investigation and judicial process into the murder of an Argentine teenager that occurred on 28 December 2014 off the coast of Uruguay.

After eight years, a man residing in Chuy, was prosecuted on 19 May 2022 with prison for "very especially aggravated homicide" as the author of the murder.[1]

Background[edit]

Dunes in Valizas in 2015.

Lola Luna Chomnalez was born on 4 November 1999 in Buenos Aires, daughter of Adriana Belmonte and Diego Chomnalez.[2] Granddaughter of chef and writer Beatriz Chomnalez, she attended Secondary School No. 9 in Belgrano.[3] She arrived in Uruguay on December 26, 2014 to vacation with her godmother Claudia Fernández, her husband Hernán Tuzinkevich, and also their two children.[4] It was her first time abroad without her parents, and the following January she was going to travel to New York for her 15th birthday.[5]

Last sighting[edit]

Two days after her arrival, on Sunday, 28 December, Chomnalez went for a walk on the beach with a backpack containing a towel, a book and money.[6] After four hours and seeing that she did not return, Lola's godmother reported her disappearance and contacted her parents who traveled to Uruguay.[7] After she was reported missing, the National Police began a search with sniffer dogs and helicopters, joined by the Navy with boats and a plane.[8]

Discovery of the body[edit]

On 30 December the body was found by a local fisherman and his son in an area of dunes and bushes between Barra de Valizas and Aguas Dulces.[9] Her backpack was found several meters from the body.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ La Diaria (20 May 2022). "Un hombre fue procesado con prisión por el femicidio de Lola Chomnalez" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  2. ^ infobae (2018). "A cuatro años de un crimen sin respuestas: la hermana de Lola Chomnalez le hará un homenaje en una plaza porteña" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. ^ Todo Noticias (2 January 2020). "Inauguraron un mural de Lola Chomnalez a cinco años del crimen" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  4. ^ Telam. "El padre de Hernán Tuzinkevich dijo que a raíz del crimen de Lola la situación anímica y psicológica de su hijo y nuera es un 'desastre'" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  5. ^ La Nación (2015-01-02). "El sueño de viajar, las acrobacias y las fotos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  6. ^ El Observador (22 May 2022). "Una caja de bananas, una escena "contaminada" y decenas de pruebas de ADN: así fue la investigación por el crimen de Lola Chomnalez" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  7. ^ El País (2015-12-27). "La huella de Lola" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  8. ^ Clarín (2021-10-09). "La chica desaparecida es nieta de una de las mejores cocineras" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  9. ^ Canal 10 (27 December 2016). "Un año del crimen de Lola: Policía cree que asesino no tiene antecedentes" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ El País (2015-01-15). "Lola: hallan mochila a 17 metros del cuerpo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.