Johany Alexánder Acuña Hernández (born 8 November 1997) is a Colombian serial killer.[1][2][3] According to Colombian authorities, Acuña murdered 5 people, all street dwellers.[4][5]
Johany Alexánder Acuña | |
|---|---|
| Born | Johany Alexánder Acuña Hernández 8 November 1997 |
| Criminal penalty | 36 years |
| Details | |
| Victims | 5 |
Span of crimes | 15 April – 25 April 2021 |
| Country | Colombia |
Date apprehended | 25 April 2021 |
He is known as the Loco de la piedra (Stone Madman),[6][7] He murdered his victims using various brick-type blocks, cement blocks and stones.[1][8] Acuña confessed to the authorities about several attacks against street people.[9] According to his own confessions, Acuña was seriously injured in his childhood by unknown people "leaving him dying and fighting for his life." This motivated him to carry out the attacks against people on the street and kill them with a single blow "without leaving them dying as they had done to him."[10] His last murder was committed on 25 April 2021, near the San Pedro de San Pedro cemetery in Medellín.[11]
The Attorney General's Office charged him with aggravated homicide in a homogeneous and successive manner.[12] In February 2022, he was sentenced to 36 years in prison by a Medellín circuit judge.[13][14][15]
Murders
editDuring the month of April 2021, authorities found several cases of street residents killed in the same way: they had injuries to the head with stone blocks.[16] Most of the victims were killed while they were sleeping on the street or were unprepared.[3] The date of the first murder dates back to 15 April and occurred in the Sevilla neighborhood, in Medellín, after the authorities found the person lying on the street with serious head injuries.[3] The second case occurred on 19 April in San Pedro and whose victim was Luis Miguel Osuna, who also had head injuries.[3] A third victim named Sandro Echavarría Gallego was found with serious head injuries on 24 April, in the Chagualo neighborhood.[3]
In addition to these murders, he was also held responsible for the death of Jhon Rigoberto González Calle, events that occurred in the vicinity of the San Pedro Cemetery, in Medellín.[3] Like the others, this person was also murdered by blows to the head.[1] It is also known that a fifth unidentified person was violently hit in the head with a stone. At the time the authorities verified the incident, they realized that he had fractures in his head and that he was alive, so who was referred to a local Polyclinic in serious condition.[1]
Investigation
editThe Medellín authorities monitored these crimes for several months.[1] Working groups were coordinated, taking into account the seriousness of the events. As a result of this entire process, it was determined that all the murdered people were street dwellers, in addition to this, it was established that they were hit on the head with blocks of stone or cement, whose attacks occurred at night or during the night. early morning suddenly and selectively.[1] It was also determined that the events occurred in various neighborhoods close to each other.[1]
It was also established that the modus operandi of the aggressor had the same pattern and that, in effect, it was the same person.[1] The objective of this person was to cause the death of people without any reason or justification.[1] In total, "238 hours had elapsed between the first and last homicide."[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Santa Arango, Pablo Andrés (18 July 2021). ""Allá lo dejé tirado": el camino de un asesino en serie" (in Spanish). Q'hub. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Zapata, Gabriel (26 June 2021). "Un asesino serial: Este habitante de calle estaría detrás de una historia de sangre y muerte como de película de terror" (in Spanish). Colombia News. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Asesino en serie: Imputaron cargos contra homicida de habitantes de Calle". Diario del Sur. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021.
- ^ Valeria Aria Suárez (10 May 2021). "Con las manos en la masa capturado hombre que asesinó a 5 habitantes de calle en Medellín". Publimetro. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Condenado asesino en serie que segó la vida de cinco habitantes de la calle en Medellín". Impactonews.co. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ Cruz Niño 2023, p. 215
- ^ "A 36 años de prisión condenan a «El loco de la piedra» por el asesinato de 5 habitantes de la calle en Antioquia". La Libertad. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Aterrador: presunto asesino serial mataba habitantes de calle a piedra y ladrillo". El Nuevo Día. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ Ceballo, Stephany (27 April 2021). "¡El "loco de la piedra"! Presunto asesino serial de habitantes de calle, ya fue enviado a prisión". Minuto30.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ Ceballos, Stephany (26 April 2021). "¡Todos a piedra! Asesino serial habría matado a varios habitantes de calle en Medellín". Minuto30.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ Castellanos Osorio, Mónica Lizette (21 February 2022). "Condenan a hombre por asesinar a cinco habitantes de calle mientras dormían". RCN Radio. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Fiscalía imputó nuevos cargos a presunto responsable de causarles la muerte a tres habitantes en situación de calle con ladrillos y bloques mientras dormían". fiscalia.gov.co. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Condenan a asesino en serie de habitantes de calle en Medellín". Caracol Radio. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Esta fue la condena que recibió el asesino en serie en Colombia que acabó con la vida de cinco habitantes de calle". El Nuevo Día . Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Condenado a 36 años de prisión por asesinar a cinco habitantes de calle mientras dormían". Semana. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ Escobar Calle, Diego Alejandro (22 February 2022). "El loco de la piedra: asesinó a 5 habitantes de calle en Medellín". Alerta Paisa. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
Bibliography
edit- Cruz Niño, Esteban (2023). Los monstruos en Colombia sí existen. Asesinos en serie (in Spanish). Penguin Random House. ISBN 9789585121942.