The Lola Chomnalez Case (Spanish: Caso Lola Chomnalez) was a Uruguayan investigation and judicial process into the murder of an Argentine teenager that occurred on 28 December 2014 off the coast of Uruguay.

Lola Chomnalez Case
CourtCourt First Shift of Rocha
Full case nameLola Chomnalez Case
Decided(2014-2022)
Court membership
Judge(s) sittingSilvia Urioste, Sahiana Sena, Rossana Ortega, Juan Manuel Giménez
Keywords
homicide, asphyxia

After eight years, a man residing in Chuy, was prosecuted on 19 May 2022 with prison for "very especially aggravated homicide" as the author of the murder.[1]

Background edit

 
Dunes in Valizas in 2015.

Lola Luna Chomnalez was born on 4 November 1999 in Buenos Aires, daughter of Adriana Belmonte and Diego Chomnalez.[2] Granddaughter of chef and writer Beatriz Chomnalez, she attended Secondary School No. 9 in Belgrano.[3] She arrived in Uruguay on December 26, 2014 to vacation with her godmother Claudia Fernández, her husband Hernán Tuzinkevich, and also their two children.[4] It was her first time abroad without her parents, and the following January she was going to travel to New York for her 15th birthday.[5]

Last sighting edit

Two days after her arrival, on Sunday, 28 December, Chomnalez went for a walk on the beach with a backpack containing a towel, a book and money.[6] After four hours and seeing that she did not return, Lola's godmother reported her disappearance and contacted her parents who traveled to Uruguay.[7] After she was reported missing, the National Police began a search with sniffer dogs and helicopters, joined by the Navy with boats and a plane.[8]

Discovery of the body edit

On 30 December the body was found by a local fisherman and his son in an area of dunes and bushes between Barra de Valizas and Aguas Dulces.[9] Her backpack was found several meters from the body.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ La Diaria (20 May 2022). "Un hombre fue procesado con prisión por el femicidio de Lola Chomnalez" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  2. ^ infobae (2018). "A cuatro años de un crimen sin respuestas: la hermana de Lola Chomnalez le hará un homenaje en una plaza porteña" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. ^ Todo Noticias (2 January 2020). "Inauguraron un mural de Lola Chomnalez a cinco años del crimen" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  4. ^ Telam. "El padre de Hernán Tuzinkevich dijo que a raíz del crimen de Lola la situación anímica y psicológica de su hijo y nuera es un 'desastre'" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  5. ^ La Nación (2015-01-02). "El sueño de viajar, las acrobacias y las fotos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  6. ^ El Observador (22 May 2022). "Una caja de bananas, una escena "contaminada" y decenas de pruebas de ADN: así fue la investigación por el crimen de Lola Chomnalez" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  7. ^ El País (2015-12-27). "La huella de Lola" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  8. ^ Clarín (2021-10-09). "La chica desaparecida es nieta de una de las mejores cocineras" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  9. ^ Canal 10 (27 December 2016). "Un año del crimen de Lola: Policía cree que asesino no tiene antecedentes" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ El País (2015-01-15). "Lola: hallan mochila a 17 metros del cuerpo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2023.