The Bogotá Section of the Attorney General’s Office in Colombia reported yesterday, February 17, 2024, that a man was sentenced to prison for aggravated femicide after stabbing his wife to death while she was sleeping.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, the woman was killed in the early morning of February 9 in her home in the Palermo neighbourhood, in Rafael Uribe Uribe town, south of the city.
After the man murdered his wife, the man woke up later and took his daughters, ages 4 and 8, for a walk.
The Attorney General’s Office said, “The next day, the woman’s relatives tried to contact her by phone, but since they did not receive a response, they decided to go to the property.”
The Attorney General’s Office added, “Upon entering, they found the lifeless body and a sharp object on the side of the bed.”
When relatives called the man about what happened, he confessed over the telephone.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, the woman was previously “physically and psychologically violated by her husband, for which she had insistently asked him to end the relationship.”
The man now faces prison time for aggravated femicide.
