A 46-year-old Argentine woman, Elizabeth Toledo was raped
and murdered in the city of San Fernando in December 2018.
Her body was found naked on a mattress on the floor in an
apartment in Buenos Aires, next to her parrot.
As part of the evidence filed in the case last week, police
recorded a statement from a police officer who said he heard the Toledo parrot
shortly after the killing saying no, Por favour, soltame!" ("No,
please, let me go"), Clarin reports.
The police believe the parrot was repeating its owner's last
words as she was allegedly beaten and raped by two housemates.
The officer had been standing guard outside the murder scene
when he heard what sounded like a woman screaming inside. He looked inside the
apartment - but only found Toledo's naked and bruised body lying on a mattress
on the floor, along with the green parrot in a cage.
Evidence also includes witness testimony from a neighbour
who claimed to have seen the parrot repeat the trick on a different occasion.
That witness told police that the parrot once said 'por qué
me pegaste?' (why did you hit me?) after one of the men hit Toledo.
51-year-old Miguel Saturnino Rolon and 62-year-old Jorge
Raul Alvarez are on trial for the rape and murder of 46-year-old Elizabeth
Toledo in Buenos Aires in 2018.
Head prosecutor Bibiana Santella has reportedly included the
parrot's 'testimony' in the case file. Other evidence includes a bite mark from
the victim's forearm which they say matches the bite of Rolon's teeth 'like a
fingerprint'.
Meanwhile DNA evidence found on Toledo's body will link
Alvarez to the rape and killing, they allege.
An autopsy showed that the victim has been beaten, raped,
and strangled to death, according to Clarin.
Ms Toledo rented a room to three men in the same house. Her
housemates Miguel Saturnino Rolon and Jorge Raul Alvarez are the two who have
been arrested in connection with the homicide.
The third housemate was also arrested, but he was not at
home when the alleged incident occurred.
The trial's start date hasn't been revealed
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