Argentine authorities arrest man, 19, who confessed to killing his girlfriend, 24, and trying to burn her body on a grill before dumping her decomposed remains on a road
- Authorities said Naim Vera confessed Sunday to killing Brenda Micaela Gordillo in the northwest Argentine province of Catamarca
- An autopsy revealed Monday that Gordillo died by asphyxiation due to a piece of cloth that was placed over her mouth
- Vera told the police he pushed Gordillo down a flight of stairs in an argument and that he got scared and wrapped her body in a blanket
- The 19-year-old placed Gordillo’s body on a grill and tried to burn her before he scattered the remains in dumpsters and along a road in the area
A 19-year-old turned himself in to authorities in Argentina and confessed to murdering his 24-year-old girlfriend following an argument.
Argentine newspaper Clarin reported that Naim Vera and his partner Brenda Micaela Gordillo returned to an uninhabited apartment owned by his family in the northwestern province of Catamarca around 4am Saturday.
Vera told the police that he and Gordillo had an argument and that he pushed her down a flight of stairs. The frightened killer then used a blanket to wrap her body up and placed her over a grill in an attempt to burn her.
Officials did not say whether Gordillo was alive when Vera burned her body, but forensic experts said she died by asphyxiation as a result of a piece of cloth that was placed over her mouth.
Brenda Micaela Gordillo was murdered Saturday by her 19-year-old boyfriend following an argument at an uninhabited home his family owned in Catamarca, Argentina, police said. She was strangled and her body was placed on a grill before her remains were scattered in the area
Naim Vera turned himself in Sunday and allegedly told police in northwestern Argentina that he murdered his 24-year-old girlfriend Brenda Micaela Gordillo. The prosecutor for the province of Catamarca shut down initial reports that claimed Gordillo was pregnant
Investigators search a road in Catamarca, Argentina, for additional remains of Brenda Micaela Gordillo, a 24-year-old woman who was killed after arguing with her 19-year-old boyfriend on Saturday. Her remains were discovered Sunday after he turned himself in to the police
They also found a piece of Vera’s skin underneath Gordillo’s nail, proof that she struggled with her teenage assassin before she died, police said.
Catamarca prosecutor Hugo Costilla confirmed to Argentine state news agency Télam that Gordillo was not pregnant, dispelling initial media reports. He also ruled out that Vera chopped up Gordillo after placing her on the grill.
‘He did not butcher the body, but burned it and, as a result of the fire, the body was dismembered,’ Costilla said.
Investigators doing an autopsy on Brenda Micaela Gordillo determined that she put up a struggle before her boyfriend allegedly killed her. They found a piece of his skin under her nails
Vera was accompanied by his father and a lawyer when he showed up at a local police precinct. Costilla added that Vera did not have any assistance in allegedly murdering Gordillo.
Security cameras registered the moment Vera was driving in his vehicle Saturday night on the road where a part of Gordillo’s body was found. Authorities believe he was returning home after abandoning her remains.
Costilla said some of Gordillo’s remains were found inside several bags that were left inside a dumpster about 65 feet away from Vera’s family home. The rest of her remains were located on the side of a road eight miles away.
Authorities were awaiting a warrant to carry out a search of Vera’s residence to seek additional evidence.