The autopsy also ruled out the possibility of a heart attack and could not conclude anything regarding the possibility of drowning.
Expertise on the body of Fernando Ferreira (Conde), who was found dead in Rio Ave on January 22, 2020, after she disappeared 14 days earlier, the cause of death is undetermined. On Monday, the coroner in charge of the autopsy testified in the trial of Antonio Silva (Tony) and Hermano Salgado (Manu), accused of beating the 63-year-old electrician to death.
According to the doctor’s testimony, “I found lesions [no corpo de Fernando Ferreira] It cannot be considered the cause of death.” The autopsy identified lesions consistent with trauma near the mouth and on the right upper extremity. The physician determined that these lesions occurred in the “antemortem” period, i.e. near the time of death the specialist cannot determine if they occurred directly Before or after Conde’s death.
It must be remembered that according to Tony’s version of the facts, the electrician would have been “stressed” at his request because he was convinced he had stolen nearly a hundred thousand euros from his residence, but would not have done so. I left life. According to this account, the Condé would have flown towards the river.
Although she found water in the corpse’s lungs, the medico-legal experts could not conclude that the death was from drowning, due to the time the body had been in the water. The doctor confirmed in court that the analysis of the internal organs also ruled out the possibility of a heart attack.
The trial will continue, at a time when statements from two police inspectors are expected to be issued, which may shed light on the appearance of Fernando Ferreira’s car, last July, near the crime scene. According to the prosecution, this car was to be transported to France by the third defendant in this case, the 50-year-old owner of the stand, Paulo Ribeiro.
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